Swarm futures (was Re: ABM/Toolkit futures [was: Swarm futures (was Re: GNUstep and MacOS X Port Effort)])

[gepr]

Thanks!

BTW, I really do mean "Swarm futures" when I talk about this stuff.
The discussion is broader than "toolkits".  And I don't particularly
care which implementation of Swarm we're talking about, whether it's
AScape, MAS (http://www2.kke.co.jp/mas_e/MASCommunity1.html), RePast,
HORDE, or any of the other Swarm systems out there.  In fact, I don't
particularly care whether we're talking about intelligent agents or
"swarm intelligence" (are you listening Eric? ;-).

The toolkit is not the point.  The methods and the useful work we do
with whatever tools we use is the point.

It *is* likely that a more focused discussion would enlighten the
broader one, though.  And I expect that most of the discussion at
Agent 2002 will be centered around RePast.  So, I look forward to 
hearing about it.

Gulyas Laszlo writes:
 > I'll try my best!
 > 
 > Gulya
 > 
 > On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 address@hidden wrote:
 > 
 > > Gulyas Laszlo writes:
 > >  > In any case, you guys are obviously welcome to the discussion, although
 > >  > it's rather short notice. (I know Roger Burkhart will be there, since 
 > > he's
 > >  > on the panel.) But I'd also like to solicitate ideas from the list.
 > >
 > > Could you or Roger post a summary of the discussion afterwards?  I
 > > would have liked to attend; but, I can't afford it.
 > >
 > >
 > 
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