The TRANSIMS simulator is an extensible 'city-simulator' for scientific research (epidemiology, traffic, personal networks).. Maybe you can have a look at their alternatives for path decisions... I am not sure if someone has used TRANSIMS for communication issues, but that is something the guys at Los Alamos are probably aware of...

          Regards, Pablo.

 

On 2/8/07, Lynne Hamill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Another newbie calling for help!

 

I am planning to use agent-based models (ABMs) to examine the relationship between communication technologies and travel. I know that communication has featured in ABMs as a way of facilitating co-operation between agents and that ABMs have been used for transport planning. But has anyone used ABMs to look at communications more generally? E.g. some transport models look at people's choice of transport mode to get from A to B: has anyone looked at how people choose which mode of communication to use to send a message from A to B?

 

Any leads much appreciated.

Thanks

 

Lynne Hamill

Centre for Research in Social Simulation (CRESS), University of Surrey , Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.