Humanity is facing many grand challenges at unprecedented rates, nearly everywhere, and
at all levels. Yet virtually all these challenges can be traced back to the decision and …

Agent-based complex systems are dynamic networks of many interacting agents; examples
include ecosystems, financial markets, and cities. The search for general principles …

© 2020, University of Surrey. All rights reserved. The Overview, Design concepts and Details
(ODD) protocol for describing Individual-and Agent-Based Models (ABMs) is now widely …

The essential textbook on agent-based modeling—now fully updated and expanded Agent-
Based and Individual-Based Modeling has become the standard textbook on the subject for …

Individual-based models are an exciting and widely used new tool for ecology. These
computational models allow scientists to explore the mechanisms through which population …

Detailed observation of the movement of individual animals offers the potential to
understand spatial population processes as the ultimate consequence of individual …

▪ Abstract Individual-based models (IBMs) allow the explicit inclusion of individual variation
in greater detail than do classical differential-equation and difference-equation models …

The potential of ecological models for supporting environmental decision making is
increasingly acknowledged. However, it often remains unclear whether a model is realistic …

All basic processes of ecological populations involve decisions; when and where to move,
when and what to eat, and whether to fight or flee. Yet decisions and the underlying …

Modellers of biological, ecological, and environmental systems cannot take for granted the
maxim 'simple means general means good'. We argue here that viewing simple models as …