Computer Systems Modeling Software, 2003-2004

MASON from GMU, Java based
- Download the MASON .tar.gz package
  1. gunzip mason.tar.gz
  2. tar xvf mason.tar (this creates a "mason" directory)
  3. cd mason and run Makefile (type "make")
- Sample applications to run are in mason/sim/app/
  - 1. Heat bugs: java sim.app.heatbugs.HeatBugsWithUI (from the "mason" directory)
    - NOTE: if the windows are in the upper left, they can be moved with
    mouse hold/drag on the bottom of each window
    - TO RUN: click on the "arrow" in the file window.
  - 2. Ants Foraging: java sim.app.antsforage.AntsForageWithUI
    - The brown areas block the way to the food (highlighted pixel, upper left)
    - Eventually an ant finds the food, a blue trail is built back to "home pixel" (lower right)
- MASON Documentation
- Tutorials are in sim/app/tutorial* + html files:
  - Tutorial 1 Game of Life, no graphics
  - Tutorial 2 Game of Life, with graphics (Java)
  - Tutorial 3 Build a Multiagent Simulation
  - Tutorial 4 Multiagent Simulation, adding more features
  - Tutorial 5 Build a Simulation with Continuous and Network Fields
- To compile new/edited programs
  - Put this in a ".bashrc" file in your home directory:
    #!/bin/bsh
    export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/include/java:~/YourDirectoryPath/mason
    (the ~ above is the same as ~yourusername)
- Java 3D for Linux
Ascape from Robert Axtell and The Brookings Instititute, Java, inspired from Swarm
- Overview of studies by Axtell/Epstein
  "working papers" from Santa Fe,
  All years of working papers, Santa Fe
- Anasazi modeling
- Readme documentation
- Classpath for bashrc
- The ".class" files are in lib/edu/brook/appDirectoryName
- To run:
  - Prisoner's Dilemma:
    java edu.brook.ascape.model.Scape edu.brook.pd.PD2D (from the Ascape directory)
  - Citizens and Police:
    java edu.brook.ascape.model.Scape edu.brook.cv.CVModel
  - Anasazi Indians - Long House Valley
    java edu.brook.ascape.model.Scape edu.brook.aa.LHV
  - Sugarscape - "Growing Artificial Societies"
    java edu.brook.ascape.model.Scape edu.brook.sugarscape.GAS_III_3
    (this is from chapter 3, 3rd program)
    - sugarscape java source files
- To compile:
  Source files are in src/edu/brook/appDirectoryName
  javac -d ~username/Ascape/lib/ Town.java
  (This example is in src/edu/brook/epidemic/)
  This will put a .class file in lib/edu/brook/epidemic/
NetLogo from MIT and Northwestern, multi-agent Logo syntax
- Download the beta version 2 (this is most current)
- To run (from /netlogo-2.0beta): java -jar NetLogo.jar