ABM Study Group
1 Year of Learning 🎉

Daniel Vartanian

University of São Paulo

November 14, 2025

Hi there! 👋

In this presentation, I’ll share how we got here, highlight our group’s progress so far, and outline our goals for the future.

Here are the main topics:

1. How It Started
2. Members & Presentations
3. Hosts & Speakers
4. Workgroup
5. Our Objectives
6. SIMBRA

How It Started

May 2024

Jun-Aug 2024

October 2024

Members & Presentations

October 9, 2024

(First Meeting)

Total members: 24

Presentations: 1

February 19, 2025

Total members: 25

Presentations: 7

August 13, 2025

Total members: 35

Presentations: 17

November 14, 2025

Total members: 40

Presentations: 23

Hosts & Speakers

Workgroup

Agronomy & Econom.

Agronomy & Econom.

Political Science

Nutrition

History & Archaeology

Physics & Engineering

Anthropology

Computer Science

Marketing

Main Reference

Our Objectives

2nd Semester 2024

Introduce modeling concepts, ABMs, NetLogo, and the ODD Protocol (Part I)

1st Semester 2025

Explore the entire ODD Protocol, enabling participants to create and structure their own ABMs
(Part II)

2nd semester 2025

Learn how to parameterize, calibrate, and analyze ABMs effectively (Parts III & IV)

1st Semester 2026

Workshops,
Symposium,
+

Future Reference

A Collective Achievement

SIMBRA

1st Brazilian Interdisciplinary
Symposium on Agent-Based Models

Supporters

Closing Remarks

This presentation was created with the Quarto Publishing System. The code and materials are available on GitHub.

References

In accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) Style, 7th edition.

Railsback, S. F., & Grimm, V. (2019). Agent-based and individual-based modeling: A practical introduction (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press.

Smaldino, P. E. (2023). Modeling social behavior: Mathematical and agent-based models of social dynamics and cultural evolution. Princeton University Press.

Thank you!