Steven F. Railsback

Ecologists now recognise that the dynamics of populations, communities, and ecosystems are strongly affected by adaptive individual behaviours. Yet until now, we have lacked effective and flexible methods for modelling such dynamics. Traditional ecological models become impractical with the inclusion of behaviour, and the optimisation approaches of behavioural ecology cannot be used when future conditions are unpredictable due to feedbacks...

The essential textbook on agent-based modelling—now fully updated and expanded. Agent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling has become the standard textbook on the subject for classroom use and self-instruction. Drawing on the latest version of NetLogo and fully updated with new examples, exercises, and an enhanced text for easier comprehension, this is the essential resource for anyone seeking to understand how the...