Repast Simphony

Whilst still being maintained RepastJ, Repast.Net and RepastPy have now reached maturity and are no longer being developed. They have been superseded by Repast Simphony (RepastS) which provides all the core functionality of RepastJ or Repast.Net, although limited to implementation in Java. The Repast development team have provided a series of articles regarding RepastS. The architecture and core functionality are introduced by North et al. (2005a), and the development environment is discussed by Howe et al. (2006). The storage, display and behaviour / interaction of agents, as well as features for data analysis (i.e. via the integration of the R statistics package) and presentation of models within Repast S are outlined by North et al. (2005b). Tatara et al. (2006) provide a detailed discussion outlining how-to develop a “simple wolf-sheep predation” model; illustrating RepastS modelling capabilities.

References:

Howe, T.R., Collier, N.T., North, M.J., Parker, M.T. and Vos, J.R. (2006), 'Containing Agents: Contexts, Projections, and Agents', Proceedings of Agent 2006 Conference on Social Agents: Results and Prospects, Chicago, USA.

North, M.J., Howe, T.R., Collier, N.T. and Vos, J.R. (2005a), 'The Repast Simphony Development Environment', Proceedings of the Agent 2005 Conference on Generative Social Processes, Models, and Mechanisms, Chicago, USA.

North, M.J., Howe, T.R., Collier, N.T. and Vos, J.R. (2005b), 'The Repast Simphony Runtime System', Proceedings of the Agent 2005 Conference on Generative Social Processes, Models, and Mechanisms, Chicago, USA.

Tatara, E., North, M.J., Howe, T.R., Collier, N.T. and Vos, J.R. (2006), 'An Introduction to Repast Simphony Modeling using a simple Predator-Prey Example', Proceedings of the Agent 2006 Conference on Social Agents: Results and Prospects, Chicago, USA.

Repast Simphony can be downloaded from the Repast website.