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System models
Do not simplify assumptions but uses time as step to
allow feedback between components.
Operates at a very coarse spatial and temporal
resolution.
Cellular models
Agricultural economics
Farmers investment decision in new technologies /impact of
governmental policies
Urban simulation
Archeology
Modeling emergent phenomena
Aggregate outcomes that cannot be predicted by examining
the element of the system in isolation but rather by
considering the system as a whole.
Flexibility
Alternative causes can be built in and outcomes can be
tested and explored.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-agent_system)