NetLogo

NetLogo is a free software environment for multi-agent modeling and simulation. It can be used for simulating a wide range of physical, biological and social phenomena. NetLogo provides an authoring environment that allows users to create their own models, and it provides user-interface tools for controlling and analyzing simulations in real time. NetLogo has extensive online documentation and comes with a Models Library, which is a large collection of pre-written simulations that can be examined and modified.

Installation

For working on homework assignments, I recommend that you download and install a copy of NetLogo on your home computer or laptop from http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/4.0.3/.

Getting Started

Tutorials will be given in class, including some hands-on experience in the Engineering Workstation Labs. If you like, you can also work through these introductory tutorials from the NetLogo website:

Tutorial #1: Models
Tutorial #2: Commands
Tutorial #3: Procedures

Documentation

NetLogo Documentation Home
Function Guide
Interface Guide
Programming Guide