NetLogo’s Global Community

Despite being the first of its kind, programming language NetLogo remains one of the most widely used agent-based modeling environments. Its global presence is a testament to its philosophy of accessibility.

_{Every dot represents a model submission from a NetLogo community member}

Sachin Yadav modeled how customers choose stores

Ana Garcia-Miguel Perez modeled COVID-19

Qi-fan modeled climate change impacts on marine life

Randi and Doug Mewhort’s model of natural selection

Claudio Pavani modeled the three body problem

Ciara Sibley modeled merchant and pirate ships

Camilo Alarcon and Lucia Marquez modeled the carbon cycle

NetLogo Explained

Netlogo is a free programmable platform that allows users to build their own systemic dynamics model.

While that sounds complicated, anyone can use NetLogo– educators, students, researchers, and people from all walks of life have been sharing their own models with the rest of the NetLogo community for over two decades.

By designing a NetLogo model, users can explore the intricacies of networks in a infinitely diverse range of topics, answering questions in the fields of chemistry, neural nets, economics, and even art.

Designed by Professor Uri Wilensky in 1999 with a “low threshold and no ceiling” ethos, Wilensky and his team at Northwestern’s Center for Connected Learning continue to maintain and upgrade the NetLogo language.

A closer look at our community

As of now, the NetLogo team has received 1222 models, though sharing your organization is optional. 663 users opted to do so. While these maps don’t show us the full picture, we still can appreciate how diverse this cohort of designers is.

Explore our database of community contributions

The full directory can be found here

_{This project was made by Emily Zou, who can be found here}

_{Much thanks is owed to Jason Bertsche for his help with obtaining the contributions data.}