Could Owen's definition allow ABM's having an internal (self-referential) design, powered by a gradient external to their design? That would somewhat model the occurrence of 'emergent cells' of new systems of relationships that are 'feeding on' rather than being 'determined by' their environments.
Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus G. Daniels > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:58 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Formal Definition of Agent Based Model > > > Owen Densmore wrote: > > If not, we ought to build one, right? > How about writing ABMs in a functional programming language? > Then all transitions can be viewed as equations. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, > archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
