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What is NetLogo™
and why did we choose to
use it?
NetLogo™ is a programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social
phenomena. Originally authored by Uri Wilensky in 1999, it is in continuous
development at the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based
Modeling, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. NetLogo is free of charge.
With NetLogo, you can open simulations and “play” with them, exploring all
aspects of individual and group behavior under various conditions. It is
also an authoring environment which enables students, teachers and
curriculum developers to create their own models. NetLogo is simple enough
that students and teachers can easily run simulations or even build their
own and is advanced enough to serve as a powerful tool for researchers in a
variety of fields.
It has a complete Models Library (a large collection of pre-written
simulations) that can be used and modified. These simulations address many
content areas in the natural and social sciences, including biology and
medicine, physics and chemistry, mathematics and computer science, and
economics and social psychology.
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