Books

• Epstein, J. M. & Axtell, R. (1996). Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.
• Gilbert, N. & Troitzsch, Klaus G. (2005) Simulation for the Social Scientist. (Second Edition). New York: Open University Press.
• Heppenstall, A. J., Crooks, A. T., See, L. M., Batty, M. (Eds.) (2012). Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Janssen, M.A. (2015). Introduction to Agent Based Modeling.
• Railsback, S. F. & Grimm, V. (2012). Agent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• Shoham, Y. & Leyton-Brown, K. (2009). Multiagent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Weiss, G. (Ed.) (1999). Multiagent Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
• Wilensky, U. & Rand, W. (2015). An Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling: Modeling Natural, Social, and Engineered Complex Systems with NetLogo. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Courses

• University, secondary, and online courses that use NetLogo
• Santa Fe Institute Complexity Explorer Courses
• International Winter School for Agent-Based Modeling of Social-Ecological Systems

Other resources

• Guide for Newcomers to Agent-Based Modeling in the Social Sciences (Axelrod & Tesfatsion)
• CSDMS Educational Repository - the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) is a diverse community of experts promoting good practices for the modeling of earth surface processes and surface dynamics models.
• The Carpentries - the Software and Data Carpentries teach researchers foundational computational and data science skills through short, impactful workshops.
• CoMSES Net Frequently Asked Questions on Agent Based Modeling
• CoMSES Net YouTube video channel

Platform-specific tutorials

Cormas

Cormas is a simulation platform based on the VisualWorks programming environment and SmallTalk.

• Cormas tutorials

MASON

MASON is a fast discrete-event multiagent simulation library core in Java, designed to be the foundation for large custom-purpose Java simulations, and also to provide more than enough functionality for many lightweight simulation needs. MASON contains both a model library and an optional suite of visualization tools in 2D and 3D.

• Online docs
• PDF Manual

NetLogo

NetLogo is a free multi-agent programmable modeling environment originally authored by Uri Wilensky and developed at the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling.

• Official documentation: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/
• NetLogo Development Team Tutorial: Models
• NetLogo Development Team Tutorial: Commands
• NetLogo Development Team Tutorial: Procedures
• NetLogo 6.0 Quick Guide by Luis Izquierdo - a printable reference sheet
• Introduction to NetLogo by René Doursat
• Additional Resources - a collection of links from the NetLogo development team
• Manual de NetLogo en español - Un manual de Netlogo en español que te permitirá familiarizarte con este lenguaje de programación de una forma muy sencilla, a través de pequeños programas-ejemplo.

RePast

The Repast Suite is a family of advanced, free, and open source agent-based modeling and simulation platforms that have collectively been under continuous development for over 15 years.

• Official documentation: https://repast.github.io/docs.html
• Repast 3 tutorials
• RepastHPC Tutorial