Using AgentSheets to teach simulation to undergraduate students

Authors

Abstract

The AgentSheets simulation software has been used for the last two years in a course for undergraduate students. The ease of use and extreme care put into the interface makes this tool a classroom success, allowing students to have hands-on experience of model construction without the overhead of learning complicated frameworks or programming languages. The limitations of the tool, in particular those that make difficult the construction of more complex models, are reviewed.

Keywords

AgentSheets Agent based modelling

Subject

Agent based models

Journal

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 3, #3, June 2000

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Year 2005 : 1 citations

The Icicle Programming Environment for Children Robert Joseph Sheehan A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, The University of Auckland, 2005 .

Year 2002 : 1 citations

Adaptive Agents, Intelligence, and Emergent Human Organization: Capturing Complexity through Agent-Based Modeling: Platforms and methods for agent-based modeling, Nigel Gilbert and Steven Bankes, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 May 14; 99(Suppl 3): 7197"7198. doi: 10.1073/pnas.072079499. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=128584