Agent Thinking and Agent-Based Models

• Local, Bottom Up, Individual Models

• Rules-based Iteration (the mighty "IF")
  • Sequential (Gauss-Seidel) or Time-Synched (Jacobi) Updating
  • Probability, more than rate, causes CHANGE
  • Usually must count to determine N(t)
  • Rule can be equation

• Identify Relevant Quantities:
  • Nouns --> Agents
  • Adjectives --> Depictions or Shapes
  • Verbs --> Actions
  • Adverbs --> Conditions that modify Actions.

• The Story is the model, consistent with Concept Map
• Use of Controls Helps Visualize Variation