RNetLogo: An R package for running and exploring individual-based models implemented in NetLogo

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 480-483

  Thiele, Jan C ^a   Kurth, Winfried ^a   Grimm, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Design of experiments; Gnu R; Individual based modelling; Model analysis; Modelling software; NetLogo; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863881449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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