Dr Peer-Olaf Siebers, School of Computer Science, Nottingham University, NG8 1BB, UK [url]

A recent informal survey at the Social Simulation Conference (SSC23) confirmed once more the need for a structured way of addressing conceptual agent-based model development. A vital step in this direction is the EABSS toolkit. It allows all kinds of stakeholders to contribute their personal thoughts and views to the collaborative development of conceptual agent-based models in a structured way, for better understanding and simulating systems where humans and their behaviours and decisions play a key role. At its heart, the EABSS toolkit uses a well established co-creation framework, namely the EABSS framework by Siebers and Klügl (2017).

Here you can find the survival pack, which contains the bare minimum material needed to successfully apply the latest version of the EABSS framework (v2.0) [zip archive].

The pack includes:

1. A presentation introducing the concepts of agent-based modelling
2. A presentation guiding the focus group through the EABSS conceptual model development process
3. A user guide summarising the ideas behind the EABSS framework and the steps within the EABSS framework
4. A poster that shows how the EABSS framework fits into the wider context of my research

Here you can find material from my 3-Day EABSS Training Workshop, which will teach people interested in the EABSS toolkit the basic concepts of simulation modelling in general and agent-based modelling in particular, and they will gain some knowledge and practice in developing conceptual agent-based models with the help of the EABSS framework.

• Siebers PO and Klügl F (2017) 'What Software Engineering has to offer to Agent-Based Social Simulation'. In: Edmonds B and Meyer R (Eds). Simulating Social Complexity: A Handbook - 2e