Social simulation

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Social simulation is the modelling, or simulation, normally performed using a computer, of social phenomena (e.g., cooperation, competition, markets, social networks dynamics, etc.).

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Development tools

Many social simulations are implemented using one of the many development frameworks and tools available.

Some of the most well-known, ordered by programming language, are:

Java

Objective-C

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[[C++]]/C

Pascal

POP-11

Other (or unknown)

Other development tools

In addition to the simulation-specific tools there also a number of more generic agent-oriented tools that can be used to write simulations. Some examples are:

Java

For a more comprehensive list of tools and links see:

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