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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.comses.net/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/about-the-general-forum-category/1779 "2018-02-19T04:28:32Z")
A place for general questions, announcements, or other items of interest for the agent based modeling / computational modeling community. --- ## [Welcome to the CoMSES Net Discourse Forums!](https://forum.comses.net/t/welcome-to-the-comses-net-discourse-forums/8)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.comses.net/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/welcome-to-the-comses-net-discourse-forums/8 "2017-02-10T21:22:37Z")
CoMSES Net is dedicated to fostering open and reproducible scientific computation through cyberinfrastructure and community development. As a member of the NSF Big Data Network’s West Big Data Hub we are exploring ways t… --- ## [Rasad: measuring how much of a stochastic model's output is the random seed (Python)](https://forum.comses.net/t/rasad-measuring-how-much-of-a-stochastic-models-output-is-the-random-seed-python/11166)
**Author:** [@ahmedaly0904-bit64](https://forum.comses.net/u/ahmedaly0904-bit64)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/rasad-measuring-how-much-of-a-stochastic-models-output-is-the-random-seed-python/11166 "2026-09-27T16:14:08Z")
I’d like to share a small Python library and ask for feedback from people who run agent-based models more than I do. The problem. I built Omran, an agent-based model of Ibn Khaldun’s theory of asabiyyah: nations on a gr… --- ## [Call for Papers – GAMA Days 2026 (Nov 23-25, 2026, ONLINE)](https://forum.comses.net/t/call-for-papers-gama-days-2026-nov-23-25-2026-online/11086)
**Author:** [@lgrosj13](https://forum.comses.net/u/lgrosj13)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/call-for-papers-gama-days-2026-nov-23-25-2026-online/11086 "2026-07-29T14:42:54Z")
Dear all, (Apologies for cross-posting.) GAMA Days is the international meeting dedicated to users and developers of the GAMA modelling and simulation platform. The conference will be held 100% online. After three succ… --- ## [Stigmery: a browser-based ABM playground (hobby project, would value your impressions)](https://forum.comses.net/t/stigmery-a-browser-based-abm-playground-hobby-project-would-value-your-impressions/11010)
**Author:** [@mfkleijweg](https://forum.comses.net/u/mfkleijweg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/stigmery-a-browser-based-abm-playground-hobby-project-would-value-your-impressions/11010 "2026-05-29T00:32:54Z")
Hi everyone, After my thesis I kept tinkering with ABM as a hobby, and over the past months I’ve put together a small browser-based tool called Stigmery. I’m sharing it here because this is the right community to weigh … --- ## [Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM)](https://forum.comses.net/t/incorporating-human-behavior-in-epidemiological-models-ihbem/10454)
**Author:** [@alee](https://forum.comses.net/u/alee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/incorporating-human-behavior-in-epidemiological-models-ihbem/10454 "2025-04-17T16:13:57Z")
From the call: The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that: Epidemiological models are invaluable tools in combating pandemics Current models are far less useful than possible for aiding in the development of measures for mi… --- ## [Call for papers: Special issue of Health Care Management Science on Underserved Populations](https://forum.comses.net/t/call-for-papers-special-issue-of-health-care-management-science-on-underserved-populations/10335)
**Author:** [@itamarmeg](https://forum.comses.net/u/itamarmeg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/call-for-papers-special-issue-of-health-care-management-science-on-underserved-populations/10335 "2025-02-14T11:46:48Z")
The journal Health Care Management Science is seeking submissions to a forthcoming Special Issue on Health Care Management Science for Underserved Populations. The submission deadline is February 3, 2025. Of particular… --- ## [Managing Computational Complexity in Large-Scale ABMs](https://forum.comses.net/t/managing-computational-complexity-in-large-scale-abms/10332)
**Author:** [@sotafo](https://forum.comses.net/u/sotafo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/managing-computational-complexity-in-large-scale-abms/10332 "2024-09-13T10:27:07Z")
Hello In the context of agent-based modeling (ABM); managing computational complexity and scalability is crucial when dealing with large-scale models that involve many agents and complex interactions. This question seek… --- ## [Special issue of \*Env. Model. Software\*: \*\*From Cases to General Principles: Theory Development through Agent-Based Modeling\*\*](https://forum.comses.net/t/special-issue-of-env-model-software-from-cases-to-general-principles-theory-development-through-agent-based-modeling/10269)
**Author:** [@bruceedmonds](https://forum.comses.net/u/bruceedmonds)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/special-issue-of-env-model-software-from-cases-to-general-principles-theory-development-through-agent-based-modeling/10269 "2024-06-13T12:04:06Z")
To understand how complex socio-ecological systems function and respond to change and disturbances, agent-based modelling (ABM) is increasingly recognized as a main way forward. As a result, many good examples of agent-b… --- ## [CFP - Behavioural Models of Land Systems - GLP OSM5](https://forum.comses.net/t/cfp-behavioural-models-of-land-systems-glp-osm5/10004)
**Author:** [@james.millington](https://forum.comses.net/u/james.millington)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/cfp-behavioural-models-of-land-systems-glp-osm5/10004 "2024-02-20T17:53:04Z")
The Global Land Programme’s 5th Open Science Meeting (Pathways to Sustainable and Just Land Systems) - Oaxaca, Mexico, November 2024 - has now opened its call for papers: https://event.fourwaves.com/osm2024 Of particula… --- ## [The Art of Scientific Curation - Eos](https://forum.comses.net/t/the-art-of-scientific-curation-eos/9790)
**Author:** [@alee](https://forum.comses.net/u/alee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/the-art-of-scientific-curation-eos/9790 "2023-12-06T05:44:02Z")
--- ## [Does anyone have a scan/pdf of Sakoda's thesis (1949)](https://forum.comses.net/t/does-anyone-have-a-scan-pdf-of-sakodas-thesis-1949/9379)
**Author:** [@bruceedmonds](https://forum.comses.net/u/bruceedmonds)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/does-anyone-have-a-scan-pdf-of-sakodas-thesis-1949/9379 "2023-09-15T05:12:49Z")
Sakoda, J. Minidoka: An Analysis of Changing Patterns of Social Interactions. Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Berkeley (1949). (well before he developed his social simulation tool). I have a scan of his notes (h… --- ## [Why Julia might be a good choice for scientific computation](https://forum.comses.net/t/why-julia-might-be-a-good-choice-for-scientific-computation/9445)
**Author:** [@alee](https://forum.comses.net/u/alee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/why-julia-might-be-a-good-choice-for-scientific-computation/9445 "2023-08-16T02:05:18Z")
(don’t forget about Introduction · Agents.jl for your exploratory Julia ABM programming) --- ## [Netlogo and VR platform integration](https://forum.comses.net/t/netlogo-and-vr-platform-integration/9280)
**Author:** [@abrussel25-gmail](https://forum.comses.net/u/abrussel25-gmail)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/netlogo-and-vr-platform-integration/9280 "2023-03-14T19:47:54Z")
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know whether a Netlogo model can be integrated with any virtual reality technologies especially immersive VR? I am a phd student and trying to do some participatory simulation using netlogo a… --- ## [Differentiable Programming - A Simple Introduction](https://forum.comses.net/t/differentiable-programming-a-simple-introduction/9110)
**Author:** [@alee](https://forum.comses.net/u/alee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/differentiable-programming-a-simple-introduction/9110 "2023-03-13T06:25:36Z")
--- ## [Predicting Social Systems – a Challenge!](https://forum.comses.net/t/predicting-social-systems-a-challenge/8002)
**Author:** [@bruceedmonds](https://forum.comses.net/u/bruceedmonds)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/predicting-social-systems-a-challenge/8002 "2023-03-02T08:45:21Z")
After Gary Polhill’s talk on prediction at Social Simulation 2019, there was a lively discussion about whether there are any simulation models (particularly agent-based simulations, but this was not entirely clear) that … --- ## [Call for Expressions of Interest: Alternative simulation models of the emergence of inequality](https://forum.comses.net/t/call-for-expressions-of-interest-alternative-simulation-models-of-the-emergence-of-inequality/9322)
**Author:** [@bruceedmonds](https://forum.comses.net/u/bruceedmonds)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/call-for-expressions-of-interest-alternative-simulation-models-of-the-emergence-of-inequality/9322 "2023-03-02T08:46:58Z")
We are trying to find a community of simulation modellers who are interested in developing simulation models that exhibit alternative processes that leads to inequality (of whatever kind). To be follow by a longer-term c… --- ## [Building a Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure to Address Global Grand Challenges for Macrosystem Ecology](https://forum.comses.net/t/building-a-global-ecosystem-research-infrastructure-to-address-global-grand-challenges-for-macrosystem-ecology/9136)
**Author:** [@alee](https://forum.comses.net/u/alee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/building-a-global-ecosystem-research-infrastructure-to-address-global-grand-challenges-for-macrosystem-ecology/9136 "2022-05-12T02:52:07Z")
An overview of existing ecosystem research infrastructures and associated grand challenge questions: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001696 --- ## [Call for Replication/Reproduction reports](https://forum.comses.net/t/call-for-replication-reproduction-reports/9120)
**Author:** [@bruceedmonds](https://forum.comses.net/u/bruceedmonds)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/call-for-replication-reproduction-reports/9120 "2022-04-21T10:10:41Z")
The Review of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (rofasss.org) is an open-access venue for all contributions that further academic discussion on social simulation. In particular, we welcome reports (short or lon… --- ## [The Poverty of Suggestivism - the dangers of "suggests that" modelling](https://forum.comses.net/t/the-poverty-of-suggestivism-the-dangers-of-suggests-that-modelling/9082)
**Author:** [@bruceedmonds](https://forum.comses.net/u/bruceedmonds)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/the-poverty-of-suggestivism-the-dangers-of-suggests-that-modelling/9082 "2022-03-01T08:42:43Z")
OK, so I was fed up of reading vague modelling dressed up as significant progress, so I wrote this. Comments welcome. The Poverty of Suggestivism – the dangers of “suggests that” modelling | Review of Artificial Societie… --- ## [Modelling Social Identity - a special issue](https://forum.comses.net/t/modelling-social-identity-a-special-issue/8965)
**Author:** [@bruceedmonds](https://forum.comses.net/u/bruceedmonds)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/modelling-social-identity-a-special-issue/8965 "2021-09-18T08:47:32Z")
If you are modelling aspects of the social Identity approach (SIA) using ABM then this special issue may be something for you! Over the years more and more modellers are (interested in) using aspects of the SIA to impro… --- ## [ABM newsletter](https://forum.comses.net/t/abm-newsletter/9015)
**Author:** [@billjeffries](https://forum.comses.net/u/billjeffries)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/abm-newsletter/9015 "2021-12-01T15:07:40Z")
Below is a monthly ABM newsletter that aggregates the latest news articles and research papers related to agent-based modeling. ABM Digest --- ## [Model definition language](https://forum.comses.net/t/model-definition-language/2014)
**Author:** [@clemenskuehn](https://forum.comses.net/u/clemenskuehn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/model-definition-language/2014 "2017-04-12T08:01:11Z")
Dear openABM community, my background is in modeling of biochemical reaction networks using ordinary differential equations, but I have always had an interest into ABM. Since I switched to ABM completely, I have been b… --- ## [Help! ABM and AI](https://forum.comses.net/t/help-abm-and-ai/2033)
**Author:** [@f.rodes](https://forum.comses.net/u/f.rodes)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/help-abm-and-ai/2033 "2018-05-03T06:11:04Z")
Hello everyone! I’m conducting my Master’s Thesis and I would like to improve the accuracy of Agent-Based Models using Machine Learning and Deep Learning during the modeling. To achieve it, I need a current existing mo… --- ## [New publication on agent-based modeling in Python](https://forum.comses.net/t/new-publication-on-agent-based-modeling-in-python/8879)
**Author:** [@joelforamitti](https://forum.comses.net/u/joelforamitti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/new-publication-on-agent-based-modeling-in-python/8879 "2021-06-23T07:32:19Z")
Excited to share this new publication in the Journal for Open Source Software about AgentPy, a software package for agent-based modeling in Python: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03065 --- ## [Agentpy - Agent-based modeling in Python](https://forum.comses.net/t/agentpy-agent-based-modeling-in-python/8569)
**Author:** [@joelforamitti](https://forum.comses.net/u/joelforamitti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/agentpy-agent-based-modeling-in-python/8569 "2021-06-23T07:28:30Z")
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and happy to share my package for agent-based modeling in Python! The project is still in an early stage of development. If you want to contribute or have feedback, let me know … --- ## ["Special Issue: Large-scale behavioural models of land use change " in SESMO](https://forum.comses.net/t/special-issue-large-scale-behavioural-models-of-land-use-change-in-sesmo/8694)
**Author:** [@birgit.mueller.ufz](https://forum.comses.net/u/birgit.mueller.ufz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/special-issue-large-scale-behavioural-models-of-land-use-change-in-sesmo/8694 "2021-01-11T12:55:38Z")
Dear colleagues, we would like to invite you to contribute to the special issue on "Special Issue: Large-scale behavioural models of land use change " for the open access and community driven journal “Socio-Environmenta… --- ## ["What About Model Data?" Determining Best Practices for Preservation and Replicability](https://forum.comses.net/t/what-about-model-data-determining-best-practices-for-preservation-and-replicability/8647)
**Author:** [@alee](https://forum.comses.net/u/alee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/what-about-model-data-determining-best-practices-for-preservation-and-replicability/8647 "2020-12-09T17:51:51Z")
--- ## [John Kay and Mervyn King on Radical Uncertainty - Econlib](https://forum.comses.net/t/john-kay-and-mervyn-king-on-radical-uncertainty-econlib/8571)
**Author:** [@alee](https://forum.comses.net/u/alee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/john-kay-and-mervyn-king-on-radical-uncertainty-econlib/8571 "2020-10-29T22:09:24Z")
--- ## [Trying to create an agent-based for based on the 'theory of planned behaviours' to simulate/analyse flood responses/preparedness behaviours of individuals](https://forum.comses.net/t/trying-to-create-an-agent-based-for-based-on-the-theory-of-planned-behaviours-to-simulate-analyse-flood-responses-preparedness-behaviours-of-individuals/8452)
**Author:** [@haylichiu](https://forum.comses.net/u/haylichiu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.comses.net/t/trying-to-create-an-agent-based-for-based-on-the-theory-of-planned-behaviours-to-simulate-analyse-flood-responses-preparedness-behaviours-of-individuals/8452 "2020-07-30T15:08:57Z")
Hi, I am new to ABM and would like to learn more. Is it possible to create an ABM for simulating flood responsive behaviours of individuals based on the ‘theory of planned behaviours’? Not sure if it is possible and wou… [Next page](https://forum.comses.net/c/general-forum/11.md?page=1)