Good books or papers to recommend to Social Sim beginners

[mhinsch]

I’m looking for good introductory works to recommend to those who want to start or are just starting in ABMs, specifically in the social sciences.

[ric-colasanti]

Hi mhinsch
A paper I found very useful was Agent-Based Modeling in Public Health: Current Applications and Future Directions
by Melissa Tracy

[alee]

Robert Axelrod and Leigh Tesfatsion’s guide is a common starting point:

On-Line Guide for Newcomers to ABM (Axelrod and Tesfatsion)

This and other links used to be available on our Education page but we’ve migrated this list to a community wiki here in the forums:

Educational Resources

NOTE: These resources may not be up-to-date - if you find any broken links please make a note in the comments or feel free to update as this is a community wiki post. Thanks! Books Epstein, J. M. & Axtell, R. (1996). Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution. Gilbert, N. & Troitzsch, Klaus G. (2005) Simulation for the Social Scientist. (Second Edition). New York: Open University Press. Heppenstall, A. J., Crooks, A. T., Se…

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