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Blanche
is a multi-agent based computational modeling environment to specify,
simulate, and analyze the evolution and co-evolution of networks. Blanche
was developed at the Team Engineering Collaboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as part
of the NSF funded Project CITY. It is currently under
development as part of the NSF funded project titled "Co-evolution of
Knowledge Networks and 21st Century Organizational forms: Computational
Modeling and Empirical Testing". Blanche has been developed by Andrew
Hyatt, Tom Ferrone, Feihong Hsu, and Brian Willard under the direction of
Professor Noshir Contractor.
Blanche can be used
to simulate a network model containing a system of actors (nodes) and
multiple relations among these actors. It uses equations to describe how
the strengths of relations and the attributes of the nodes change over
time. It is a 32-bit program that runs on the Windows platform. The latest
version Blanche 4.x. is currently under development. Blanche Version 4.8.1
is now available for download.
Please note that
Blanche is still under heavy development and there are still some bugs
within it. We are trying extremely
hard to remove these bugs and also to add features that enhance the user experience. If you have any bug reports or feature
requests please let us know at BLANCHE-L@listserv.uiuc.edu. Also we would be happy to provide
technical support to anyone using Blanche at the above address as well.
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