From: emres@bilgi.edu.tr   
      
   A friend of mine who has started to work for his   
   cognitive science thesis is looking for a suitable   
   computational environment. He needs that in order   
   to model social and evolutionary phenomena.   
      
   I advised him StarLOGO but he replied with a quote:   
      
    "It is very difficult in both AGENTSHEETS and StarLOGO   
     to develop agents possessing even simple cognitive   
     models, and it would be impossible to create models   
     using any kind of evolutionary approach (e.g. a   
     genetic algorithm)" [Gilbert & Bankes, 2002]   
      
      
   He also took a look at "RePast" and "Swarm" systems   
   but is not sure if they can be easily programmed   
   (he graduated from psychology and not an expert   
   in programming).   
      
   What he needs is a good framework for the kind   
   of stuff described above (predefined genetic and   
   evolutionary operations, procedures that can be   
   easily manipulated, integrated, used to build new   
   models, simulations, etc.)   
      
   I also advised him NetLogo system which is similar   
   to StarLogo (NetLogo seems to include some evolutionary   
   models) but since I haven't used NetLogo myself I can't   
   be very sure.   
      
   Can anybody experienced with this kind of things   
   help me and my friend?   
      
   Any tips & links will be appreciated.   
      
   Thanks in advance.   
      
   Regards,   
      
   --   
   Emre Sevinc   
      
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