Steven F. Railsback and Volker Grimm, Agent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling. A Practical Introduction

You have probably encountered the acronym ABM before, but in the unlikely event that you have not: Agent-based modeling (which is what ABM stands for) is a formal modeling technique in which complex (social) systems are represented on the level of individual agents and their mutual interactions, seeking to identify by means of simulation analysis how macro-level patterns emerge from agent interactions. In recent years, agent-based modelers (such as myself) have become eager and proud to procl..