Re: agent-based simulation

[Ross Boylan <ross@biostat.ucsf.edu>]

On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 21:07 -0700, Scott Christley wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been recently doing some work with the debian-med group to  
> package some software.  There is a software package called Swarm (http://www.swarm.org 
> ) which is an agent-based simulation toolkit that I would like to  
> package into Debian.  It was suggested that I email this list as  
> debian-science has a broader view.  I looked through the metapackages  
> listed on the wiki, but its unclear which is appropriate.  Agent-based  
> simulation is a general methodology and can be used for biology,  
> social science, or other computational sciences.  Is debian-science  
> interested in modeling and simulation software?  Can anybody suggest  
> an appropriate group?
> 
> thanks
> Scott
> 
I have some interest in agent based modeling, and it seems like an
appropriate topic to me.  But I don't have time to do any of the work
right now.

Thanks for bringing swarm to my attention; I'll have a look.

Ross Boylan