Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams has the advantage of supporting
software - if you want to give someone a hands-on introduction.
Jeremy
>>> Edmund Chattoe <[log in to unmask]> 08/08/02
15:48 PM >>>
Dear All,
If you had to recommend an ABM book/paper to someone without a
background in ABM, but with specialised knowledge that they were keen
to model, what reasonably accessible (in the library sense) work
would you use to show them what could be done?
ATB,
Edmund
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