NetLogo 4.0.5 User Manual NetLogo 4.0.5 User Manual Table of Contents What is NetLogo?.............................................................................................................................1 Features..................................................................................................................................1 Copyright and License Information................................................................................................3 How to reference.....................................................................................................................3 Acknowledgments...................................................................................................................3 NetLogo license......................................................................................................................3 Extension licenses..................................................................................................................3 Third party licenses.................................................................................................................3 MersenneTwisterFast........................................................................................................3 Colt....................................................................................................................................4 MRJ Adapter.....................................................................................................................4 Quaqua.............................................................................................................................4 JHotDraw..........................................................................................................................5 MovieEncoder...................................................................................................................5 JpegImagesToMovie.........................................................................................................6 JOGL.................................................................................................................................6 Matrix3D............................................................................................................................7 ASM..................................................................................................................................8 Log4j.................................................................................................................................8 What's New?......................................................................................................................................9 Version 4.0.5 (December 2009)..............................................................................................9 Version 4.0.4 (November 2008)..............................................................................................9 Version 4.0.3 (August 2008)...................................................................................................9 Version 4.0.2 (December 2007)............................................................................................10 Version 4.0 (September 2007)..............................................................................................11 Version 3.1.5 (December 2007)............................................................................................16 Version 3.1 (April 2006)........................................................................................................16 Version 3.0 (September 2005)..............................................................................................16 Version 2.1 (December 2004)...............................................................................................16 Version 2.0.2 (August 2004).................................................................................................17 Version 2.0 (December 2003)...............................................................................................17 Version 1.3 (June 2003)........................................................................................................17 Version 1.2 (March 2003).....................................................................................................17 Version 1.1 (July 2002).........................................................................................................17 Version 1.0 (April 2002)........................................................................................................17 System Requirements....................................................................................................................19 System Requirements: Application.......................................................................................19 Windows..........................................................................................................................19 Mac OS X........................................................................................................................19 Other platforms...............................................................................................................19 System Requirements: Saved Applets.................................................................................19 System Requirements: 3D View...........................................................................................19 Technical Java Details for Windows Users...........................................................................19 i NetLogo 4.0.5 User Manual Table of Contents Known Issues..................................................................................................................................21 Known bugs (all systems).....................................................................................................21 Language/engine bugs...................................................................................................21 Other bugs......................................................................................................................21 Windows-only bugs...............................................................................................................21 Macintosh-only bugs.............................................................................................................22 Linux/UNIX-only bugs...........................................................................................................22 Known issues with computer HubNet...................................................................................22 Contacting Us.................................................................................................................................23 Web Site...............................................................................................................................23 Feedback, Questions, Etc.....................................................................................................23 Reporting Bugs.....................................................................................................................23 Sample Model: Party......................................................................................................................25 At a Party..............................................................................................................................25 Challenge..............................................................................................................................27 Thinking With Models............................................................................................................28 What's Next?.........................................................................................................................28 Tutorial #1: Models.........................................................................................................................29 Sample Model: Wolf Sheep Predation..................................................................................29 Controlling the Model: Buttons..............................................................................................30 Controlling speed: Speed Slider...........................................................................................31 Adjusting Settings: Sliders and Switches..............................................................................31 Gathering Information: Plots and Monitors...........................................................................33 Plots................................................................................................................................33 Monitors..........................................................................................................................34 Controlling the View..............................................................................................................34 The Models Library...............................................................................................................38 Sample Models...............................................................................................................38 Perspective Demos.........................................................................................................38 Curricular Models............................................................................................................38