Traditional Spanish Farming Model
As part of my PhD research I have been devloping an agent-based model to simulate land use decision-making processes for a region in central Spain. You can play with a Java applet demonstration version of the model developed using 'NetLogo' by clicking on the NetLogo banner below. Depending upon you conncetion it may take a minute or two to load. You will need Java installed on your computer. More details on the construction of the model can be found on the Model Details Page. The model runs quite slowly - movies (.exe files) of previous model runs can also be downloaded from the Model Details Page.

I used the NetLogo environment as a way of developing the model, improving my understanding of what needed to go in the model and the dynamics of the system as a whole, before implementing it in C++. Because it's very visual and the coding is easy (relatively - no need for memory handling and all that malarkey) NetLogo is good for the model development stage of a project such as this. If the model were less raster oriented (NetLogo isn't so fast as handling large grids), and I didn't need to integrate the ABM with the vegetation dynamics CA, NetLogo would be suitable to support the modelling project from start to end.