Agent-based modeling resources [closed]

Answer 1

PHP and Java developers should take a look at KATO.

Answer 2

There is also a pretty good link in wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_agent-based_modeling_software

Answer 3

I got introduced to Dramatis at OSCON 2008, it is an Agent based framework for Ruby and Python. The author (Steven Parkes) has some references in his blog and is working at running a language agnostic Actors discussion list.

This page at erights.org has a great set of references to, what I think are, the core papers that introduce and explore the Actors message passing model.

Answer 4

If you are an evolutionary economist you can also check Laboratory for Simulation Development (LSD).