Welcome to the documentation for the CRAFTY agent-based modelling (ABM) framework. In the wiki, you can find instructions for installing and using CRAFTY, descriptions and details of the framework, and example applications.
CRAFTY is a large-scale ABM of land use change. It has been designed to allow efficient but powerful simulation of a wide range of land uses and the goods and services they produce. It is fully open-source and can be used without the need for any programming. An ODD description (1) is available here.
- At first, you might want to get to know CRAFTY's [Features and Model Structure.
- [It is then a good idea to choose the CRAFTY version you like to apply. Whereas the main documentation is tailored to basic CRAFTY, the other versions are described in section Special Versions Documentation. The subpages contain lists of particular versions' features, but you may see here for an overview.
- Then, go ahead getting started with CRAFTY, including hints for getting help.
- To configure your first model, but also for further reference the Model Setup Documentation is important.
- Inspiration and ideas on how to represent specific issues may come form the Applications section.
If you need some valuable hints on developing the internal CRAFTY code, don't miss Development.
In case you're looking for specific information an are not able to find it, drop an email to calum.brown@kit.edu or bumsuk.seo@kit.edu saying what you miss and where you are expecting that information.
Currently, there are several editions/branches maintained (repositories at bitbucket contain the latest development including patches, template downloads usually contain the latest minor version including libraries):
| CRAFTY_Trunk | Basic version. Mainly maintained for backward compatibility | Download Template | Template at Bitbucket | CRAFTY at Bitbucket | |
| CRAFTY_Social | Supports social networks and social interaction | Download Template | Template at Bitbucket | CRAFTY_Social at Bitbucket | JavaDoc |
| CRAFTY_Parallel | Supports cluster runs and includes code of CRAFTY_Social | see CRAFTY_Social | see CRAFTY_Social | CRAFTY_Parallel at Bitbucket | |
| CRAFTY_CoBRA | COmponent Based Role Agents for cognitive agents and comprehensive modelling of institutions | Download Template | Template at Bitbucket | CRAFTY_CoBRA at Bitbucket | JavaDoc |
JavaDoc and the wiki usually relate to the CRAFTY_Social version. The section 'Special Versions Documentation' contains more information about particular versions' features and documentation.
There is an R packages craftyr https://bitbucket.org/geoslurg/craftyr to support generation of batch runs and do post-processing. See the post processing page https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/CRAFTY/Post-Processing for installation instructions.
The elaborated documentation imported from the previous Confluence wiki (https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/CRAFTY)