Editing NetLogo (section)

==About==
NetLogo was designed by [[Uri Wilensky]], in the spirit of the programming language [[Logo (programming language)|Logo]], to be "low threshold and no ceiling". It teaches programming concepts using [[Agent-based model|agents]] in the form of ''turtles'', ''patches'', ''links'' and the ''observer''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/programming.html#agents |title=Types of Agents in NetLogo |last=Wilensky |first=Uri |date=1999–2019 |website=The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL) |publisher=Northwestern University |location=Evanston, Illinois |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> NetLogo was designed with multiple audiences in mind, in particular: teaching [[child]]ren in the education community, and for [[Subject-matter expert|domain experts]] without a programming background to model related phenomena.<ref>{{cite conference
|last1=Kornhauser |first1=Daniel
|last2=Rand |first2=William
|last3=Wilensky |first3=Uri
|location=Chicago, Illinois
|date=November 15–17, 2007
|conference=Agent2007
|title=Visualization Tools for Agent-Based Modeling in NetLogo
|url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/papers/2007/Kornhauser-Agent-2007.pdf |website=The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL) |publisher=Northwestern University <!-- publisher: |location=Evanston, Illinois --> |access-date=2019-05-03
}}</ref>
Thousands of scientific articles have been published using NetLogo.<ref name="ref-list">{{cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/references.shtml |title=NetLogo References |last=Wilensky |first=Uri |date=1999–2025 |website=The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL) |publisher=Northwestern University |location=Evanston, Illinois |access-date=2025-01-24}}</ref>

The NetLogo environment enables exploration of [[emergent phenomena]]. It comes with an extensive models library including models in a variety of domains, such as [[economics]], [[biology]], [[physics]], [[chemistry]], [[psychology]], and [[system dynamics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/ |title=NetLogo Models Library |last=Wilensky |first=Uri |date=1999–2025 |website=The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL) |publisher=Northwestern University |location=Evanston, Illinois |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> NetLogo allows exploration by modifying switches, sliders, choosers, inputs, and other interface elements.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/interface.html#interface |title=Interface Guide |last=Wilensky |first=Uri |date=1999–2025 |website=The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL) |publisher=Northwestern University |location=Evanston, Illinois |access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> Beyond exploring, NetLogo allows authoring new models and modifying extant models.

NetLogo is open source and freely available from the NetLogo website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/download.shtml |title=Download NetLogo |last=Wilensky |first=Uri |date=1999–2019 |website=The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL) |publisher=Northwestern University |location=Evanston, Illinois |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> It is in use in a wide variety of educational contexts from elementary school to graduate school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/papers/2011/sengupta2011.pdf|title=Lowering the Learning Threshold: Multi-Agent-Based Models and Learning Electricity |last1=Sengupta |first1=Pratim |last2=Wilensky |first2=Uri |date=2011 |website=The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL) |publisher=Northwestern University |location=Evanston, Illinois |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilensky |first1=Uri |last2=Novak |first2=Michael |date=2010 |title=Epistemology and Science Education: Understanding the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Controversy |chapter=Teaching and Learning Evolution as an Emergent Process: The BEAGLE project (chapter 10) |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/papers/2010/BEAGLE-chapter-final-distribute.pdf |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=R. |editor2-last=Ferrari |editor2-first=M. |location=New York |publisher=Routledge }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/papers/2009/Blikstein&Wilensky_AnAtomIsKnown.pdf |title=An Atom is Known by the Company it Keeps: A Constructionist Learning Environment for Materials Science Using Agent-Based Modeling (CCL) |last1=Blikstein |first1=Paulo |last2=Wilensky |first2=Uri |journal=International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning |year=2009 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=81–119 |doi=10.1007/s10758-009-9148-8|s2cid=10500589 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/papers/2009/Levy&Wilensky_ConnectedChemistry.pdf |title=Students' Learning with the Connected Chemistry (CC1) Curriculum: Navigating the Complexities of the Particulate World |journal=Journal of Science Education and Technology |doi=10.1007/s10956-009-9145-7 |last1=Levy |first1=Sharona T. |last2=Wilensky |first2=Uri|year=2009 |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=243–254 |bibcode=2009JSEdT..18..243L |s2cid=62526922 }}</ref> Many teachers make use of NetLogo in their curricula.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/courses.shtml |title=University, secondary, and online courses that utilize NetLogo |last=Wilensky |first=Uri |date=1999–2019 |website=The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL) |publisher=Northwestern University |location=Evanston, Illinois |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://davidmholmes.net/Stuy |title=Comp Sci at Stuyvesant with D. Holmes |last=Holmes |first=David M. |date=<!--Undated--> |website=Professional web site for David Holmes |location=New York City, New York, United States |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> NetLogo is also widely used in scientific research having been used in several thousand research papers. <ref name="ref-list" />

NetLogo was designed and authored by Uri Wilensky,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/profile/?p=89&/UriWilensky/ |title=Profile: Dr. Uri Wilensky}}</ref> director of [[Northwestern University]]'s Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL).<ref name="netlogo_creation">{{cite conference
|last1=Tisue |first1=Seth
|last2=Wilensky |first2=Uri
|conference=Agent2004
|location=Chicago, Illinois
|access-date=October 4, 2012
|date=October 2004
|url=http://ccl.northwestern.edu/papers/agent2004.pdf
|title=NetLogo: Design and Implementation of a Multi-Agent Modeling Environment
}}</ref>