Editing Agent-based model (section)

===Integration with other modeling forms===

Since Agent-Based Modeling is more of a modeling framework than a particular piece of software or platform, it has often been used in conjunction with other modeling forms. For instance, agent-based models have also been combined with [[Geographic Information Systems]] (GIS). This provides a useful combination where the ABM serves as a process model and the GIS system can provide a model of pattern.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Daniel G. |last2=Riolo |first2=Rick |last3=Robinson |first3=Derek T. |last4=North |first4=Michael |last5=Rand |first5=William |title=Spatial Process and Data Models: Toward Integration of agent-based models and GIS |journal=Journal of Geographical Systems |date=2005 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=25–47 |doi=10.1007/s10109-005-0148-5   |publisher=Springer|bibcode=2005JGS.....7...25B |hdl=2027.42/47930 |s2cid=14059768 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Similarly, [[Social Network Analysis]] (SNA) tools and agent-based models are sometimes integrated, where the ABM is used to simulate the dynamics on the network while the SNA tool models and analyzes the network of interactions.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Zhang | first1=J. | last2=Tong | first2=L. | last3=Lamberson | first3=P.J. | last4=Durazo-Arvizu | first4=R.A. | last5=Luke | first5=A. | last6=Shoham | first6=D.A. | title=Leveraging social influence to address overweight and obesity using agent-based models: The role of adolescent social networks | journal=Social Science & Medicine | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=125 | year=2015 | issn=0277-9536 | doi=10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.049 | pages=203–213| pmid=24951404 | pmc=4306600 }}</ref> Tools like [[GAMA Platform|GAMA]] provide a natural way to integrate [[system dynamics]] and [[Geographic information system|GIS]] with ABM.