Agent-based environments: A review

Abstract

Recent years have seen a proliferation of Multi-agent-based simulation (MABSS) models, in a growing range of domains, and using an increasing variety of software. In this article we compare some Agent Based environments anyone can download in Internet. The aim of this article is to discuss the general principles of each environment, and not to say which is the best or the worst one. The comparison is performed along several dimensions such as ease of learning, flexibility, available support, etc. It should also help the choice of a language by potential practitioners of agent-based economic. At the end of this article there's a personal proposition about these environments of the author. © 2005 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.