Nature: Meltdown Modelling & Agent-based Models

Leigh Tesfatsion brought to my attention the two ABM-related articles published in Nature:

• Meltdown Modeling: Could Agent-Based Computer Models Prevent Another Financial Crisis?
• The Economy Needs Agent-Based Modelling

Links to download the articles:

• Mark Buchanan, "Meltdown Modeling: Could Agent-Based Computer Models Prevent Another Financial Crisis?" (pdf,1.2K), Nature, Vol. 460, August 6, 2009, 680-682.
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/MeltDownModeling.Nature080609.Buchanan.pd

• J. Doyne Farmer and Duncan Foley, "The Economy Needs Agent-Based Modelling" (pdf,922K), Nature, Vol. 460, August 6, 2009, 685-686 http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/EconomyNeedsABM.NatureAug2009.FarmerFoley.pdf