title: Internet resources for agent-based modelling.
abstract: The use of agent-based models (ABMs) is steadily increasing in all the disciplines including environmental chemistry and toxicology. This growth is mainly driven by their ability to address problems that conventional modelling techniques cannot, such as the change of scale or the emergence of unanticipated phenomena resulting from interactions between their constitutive goal-directed agents. After a brief introduction on the basic principles of agent-based modelling and the presentation of selected case studies, the main software resources available on the Internet are presented. An attempt is made to estimate the complexity of these tools versus their potentialities and flexibility.
authors.affiliation: CTIS, Rillieux La Pape, France. j.devillers@ctis.fr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Devillers
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Devillers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Decourtye
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aupinel
mesh_terms: D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000633:toxicity*; D012984:Software; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D009930:Organic Chemicals