This paper is an introduction to agent-based simulation using the Python programming language. The core objective of the paper is to enable students, teachers, and researchers immediately to begin social-science simulation projects in a general purpose programming language. This objective is...

We refine a prominent set of template models for agent-based modeling, and we offer new reference implementations. We also address some issues of design, flexibility, and ease of use that are relevant to the choice of an agent-based modeling platform.