Organizations

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[edit] Social Science Think Thanks / Research Bodies

• Complex Systems (Statistics, Simulations, Chaos Theory, etc)
  • Sante Fe Institute, http://www.santafe.edu/
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, http://www.cscs.umich.edu/
  • National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/fmt/doc?/frames.html
  • Center for Connected Learning and Computer Based Modeling, Northwestern University. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/.
  • Center for Social Complexity, George Mason University http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/
• Modeling & Optimization
  • See Optimization
• Misc
  • Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science, http://www.csiss.org/
  • Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/working_papers.htm

[edit] Simulation Consultancies

In the private/semi-private sector, there are a few Simulation / Agent-Based Modeling consultancies:

• RedFish, http://www.redfish.com/
  • Sante Fe NM
  • Run By Stephen Guerin
• Evolving Logic, http://www.evolvinglogic.com/
  • See especially Steven Bankes's publications.
• Soar Technologies, http://www.soartech.com
  • Ann Arbor, Mi. Spin-off from Michigan's AI group.
• Project Albert, http://www.projectalbert.org/
  • Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory at Quantico
  • Originally military-only, but spreading out and looking for other gigs
• New Vectors http://www.newvectors.net/
  • Strong Military & Business focus. Some very interesting work on Exploring Vast outcome space with poly-agents (ghost-avatars) & digital pheromones
  • Van Parunak, Chief Scientist