Errata
Download a list of corrections and updates to the first edition here (pdf). There are currently 23 items on this list (last updated: 13 October 2017). The errata include changes to example code for use in NetLogo versions 6.x. (These corrections and changes have all been addressed in the second edition.)
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Instructor Materials
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Supporting Materials
The remainder of this page provides supporting materials for the textbook Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction by Railsback and Grimm. These are model descriptions, data files, links to publications, etc. cited in the text as available on the book’s web site.
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| Chapter | Link | Contents | Date updated |
| 1: Models, Agent-Based Models, and the Modeling Cycle | (none) | ||
| 2: Getting Started with NetLogo | (none) | ||
| 3: Describing and Formulating ABMs | A pre-publication version of Grimm et al. (2010), which reviews applications of ODD and provides an updated version of ODD. Includes two supplements: (1) a list and review of publications using ODD, and (2) a template for writing ODD model descriptions. The template is also provided here as a Word file. However, we strongly encourage instead using this ODD guidance and checklist provided for the 2nd edition of the textbook, updated in 2019. | 3 Feb 2020 | |
| Ch3-Ex1_PubsWithODD.pdf Ch3-Ex2_PubsWithNoODD.pdf |
For exercises 1 and 2, lists of scientific publications that do and do not use the ODD protocol | 4 Dec 2013 | |
| 4: Implementing a First Agent-Based Model | ButterflyModelODD.txt | The ODD description of the Butterfly Model (from book section 3.4) formatted for NetLogo’s Info tab (plain text file). | 18 Oct 2011 |
| 5: From Animations to Science | ElevationData.txt | Elevation data input file for Section 5.5 (tab-separated plain text). | 18 Oct 2011 |
| Exercise10_ElevationData.txt | For exercise 10, a second file of elevation data for the Butterfly Model (tab-separated plain text). | 19 Oct 2011 | |
| JovaniGrimm2008.pdf | For exercise 11, the journal article: Jovani, R. & Grimm, V. 2008. Breeding synchrony in colonial birds: From local stress to global harmony. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 275, 1557-63. Note that the parameter “SD” has a value of 10, not 1 as the exercise text says. | 19 Oct 2011 | |
| 6: Testing Your Program | MarriageModel-WithErrors.nlogo | For Section 6.5, a NetLogo model containing several programming errors. | 19 Oct 2011 |
| MarriageAgeModel-ODD_PrintVersion.pdf | For Section 6.5, an easily-printed version of the Marriage Model ODD description. | 19 Oct 2011 | |
| 7: Introduction to Part II | (none) | ||
| 8: Emergence | (none) | ||
| 9: Observation | http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/2/1.html | Link to the article: Kornhauser, D., Wilensky, U. & Rand, W. 2009. Design guidelines for agent based model visualization. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 12, 1 (published on-line.) | 20 Oct 2011 |
| Ch9-Exercise8_NetLogoExercises.pdf | A NetLogo refresher, for Exercise 8. | 23 Oct 2011 | |
| 10: Sensing | (none) | ||
| 11: Adaptive Behavior and Objectives | (none) | ||
| 12: Prediction | (none) | ||
| 13: Interaction | (none) | ||
| 14: Scheduling | Sect23-4_BreedingSynchronyModel.nlogo | The bird breeding synchrony model of Jovani and Grimm (2008), described in Section 23.4 and mentioned in Section 14.2.4 as an example of synchronous updating. | 25 Oct 2011 |
| 15: Stochasticity | (none) | ||
| 16: Collectives | (none) | ||
| 17: Introduction to Part III | (none) | ||
| 18: Patterns for Model Structure | Ch18_BEFORE-ODD.pdf | The ODD description of the BEFORE beech forest model, described in Section 18.3. | 25 Oct 2011 |
| In Section 18.3.3, page 238: F(9,7) = 144 |
25 Oct 2011 | ||
| Ch18_Exercise1_ModelsList.pdf | A list of models provided for Exercise 1. | 23 Nov 2011 | |
| 19: Theory Development | Ch19-Ex2_WoodHoopoes.nlogo | An implementation of the Woodhoopoe model for use in Exercise 2. The key adaptive trait of deciding when to scout for a vacant territory is included only as a random decision. | 28 Nov 2011 |
| 20: Parameterization and Calibration | Sect20-5_WoodHoopoes.nlogo | An implementation of the Woodhoopoe model as described in Section 20.5 for a calibration exercise. See the Info tab concerning a mistake in the book’s description of the scouting trait. | 25 Oct 2011 |
| 21: Introduction to Part IV | (none) | ||
| 22: Analyzing and Understanding ABMs | (none) | ||
| 23: Sensitivity, Uncertainty, and Robustness Analysis | Sect23-4_BreedingSynchronyModel.nlogo | The bird breeding synchrony model of Jovani and Grimm (2008), as described in Section 23.4; for possible use in Exercise 3. | 25 Oct 2011 |
| 24: Where to Go from Here | (none) |