Re: [R] Agent-based social simulation and R

2008-11-08 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Thomas Petzoldt wrote: Hi Tom, you may have a look at the CRAN package simecol, that has some examples how to implement different types of dynamic models in R (differential equations, grid models, individual based models). Individual-based models (IBMs) are a model family used in ecology, wh

Re: [R] Agent-based social simulation and R

2008-11-08 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Thomas Petzoldt wrote: Hi Tom, you may have a look at the CRAN package simecol, that has some examples how to implement different types of dynamic models in R (differential equations, grid models, individual based models). Individual-based models (IBMs) are a model family used in ecology, wh

Re: [R] Agent-based social simulation and R

2008-11-08 Thread Thomas Petzoldt
Hi Tom, you may have a look at the CRAN package simecol, that has some examples how to implement different types of dynamic models in R (differential equations, grid models, individual based models). Individual-based models (IBMs) are a model family used in ecology, which are in its essence almo

Re: [R] Agent-based social simulation and R

2008-11-07 Thread Martin Elff
On Friday 07 November 2008 (19:45:04), you wrote: > Martin Elff wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > > > my package 'memisc' contains a sort of an infrastructure for doing > > simulations. As a fun exercise I also used it to create a 'toy' agent > > based simulation of Schelling's neighbourhood model. Although i

Re: [R] Agent-based social simulation and R

2008-11-07 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Martin Elff wrote: Hi Tom, my package 'memisc' contains a sort of an infrastructure for doing simulations. As a fun exercise I also used it to create a 'toy' agent based simulation of Schelling's neighbourhood model. Although it is not a serious application, at least it shows that agent based

Re: [R] Agent-based social simulation and R

2008-11-07 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Simone Gabbriellini wrote: Tom, I don't know if there are better ways, but this is the way I do: I use Python for building the AB model, and RPy as an interface to R for statistical analysis. One of the best package for SNA in R is igraph, which has a nice Python version. But if you prefere s

Re: [R] Agent-based social simulation and R

2008-11-07 Thread Simone Gabbriellini
Tom, I don't know if there are better ways, but this is the way I do: I use Python for building the AB model, and RPy as an interface to R for statistical analysis. One of the best package for SNA in R is igraph, which has a nice Python version. But if you prefere statnet (which is great too