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Thanks! We have some network features in the pipeline (including better viz) and will be introducing some stdlib functions to help in the coming days. :)

We have some users representing networks in the 3D viewer at present, and have seen three ways implementing networks to date:

1. Edges are represented as agents. They are used to store properties such as edge length, and to provide nodes with a way of accessing other nodes.

2. Edges are represented AND USED as agents. Edges not only store properties but themselves exhibit behaviors.

3. Nodes are given a network object which contains information about their network neighbors and all relevant properties (such as directed/undirected edge, edge length, etc...)

Re: your question around experiments... yes to all three (parameter sweeping, Monte Carlo, and sensitivity analysis), and a bunch more. We'll be shipping this alongside H-Cloud. More on that in the full explainer at https://hash.ai/about/mission

Thanks for giving the beta a spin! Happy to chat in more depth over on our public Slack.

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Thanks for your response! This technology is very exciting. Since you're targeting WASM there's a whole host of possibilities. Python is already supported through Iodide [1], but I imagine other languages could also be ported, and even DSLs specifically tailored for agent based modelling. That's not the mention all the other things happening in the WASM space like webgpu [2] and WASI [3].

The potential for ABMs are huge now that we have access to cheap and massively parallel compute. Imagine arbitrarily complex models of each individual in an economy interacting with each other over a distributed network of thousands of machines -- that's possible now. Instead of trying to predict the future, we can compute it.

[1] https://github.com/iodide-project/pyodide

[2] https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/wiki/Implementation-Status

[3] https://wasi.dev/

👤eadan🕑5y🔼0🗨️0

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Why is login required to view simulations? If I want to share my simulations with my followers, I don't want everyone to have to sign up for an account. Also, the "play" button in the editor UI should probably look more like a play button.

I'm excited by what you're building here!

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>Re: your question around experiments... yes to all three (parameter sweeping, Monte Carlo, and sensitivity analysis), and a bunch more. We'll be shipping this alongside H-Cloud.

Firstly, fantastic work.

I'd love to see more details on 'H-Cloud' regarding infrastructure, pricing, and feasibility/licensing options for self-deployment should I need to recreate/run a similar environment on premise vs. at a remotely hosted service.

I'm also quite interested in what's going to be FOSS'd in terms of the 'H-Engine' (written in Rust) and if some friendly interface (similar to H-Core) will still be provided.

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