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StarLogo Simulations

StarLogo is a simulation building tool that is designed especially for modeling decentralized systems. It provides a framework in which agent-based simulations can be created and investigated. It is used as both an educational tool and as a tool for academic research. You can read about it and download a free copy of StarLogo at the StarLogo website. StarLogo is a useful tool for exploring the evolution of behavioral adaptations to social environments. 

 

Interactive Simulations on the Web

 

    Evolution of Cooperation in Groups with Movement Rules

    Watch multilevel selection in action with this simulation of the evolution of cooperation in groups.  Agents leave uncooperative groups, often budding off to form new groups.  

    Evolution of Cooperation in Dyads with Movement Rules

    Examine the conditions that favor the evolution of cooperation in dyads in this model involving contingent movement rules, and read the paper based on it in The Journal of Theoretical Biology, 231(2) 249-260.

    Game Theory and Costly Signaling

    View an interactive game theory simulation based on a model of three different male strategies for attracting mates.

    Migration of Infected Agents

    Investigate the effects of migration cost and pathogen lethality on the spread of pathogens throughout a population of humans in a simulation of pathogen spread .