CMU-ISR-12-112
Institute for Software Research
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University


CMU-ISR-12-112

Construct User Guide

Kathleen M. Carley, David T. Filonuk, Kenny Joseph,
Michael Kowalchuck, Michael J. Lanham, Geoffrey P. Morgan

November 2012

CMU-ISR-12-112.pdf

Center for the Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems
CASOS Technical Report

This report supersedes Institute for Software Research Technical Reports:
CMU-ISR-10-118, "Construct Demonstration Input Deck," June 2010
CMU-ISR-09-126, "Variables, Decisions, and Scripting in Construct," September 2009
CMU-ISR-08-114, "The Impact of Educational Interventions on Real and Stylized Cities," July 2008
CMU-ISRI 07-116, "Loading Networks in Construct," July 2007
CMU-ISRI 07-107, "Specifying Agents in Construct," July 2007

Keywords: Construct, multi-agent simulation, dynamic network analysis, agent-based modeling, information diffusion, belief diffusion, agent-based simulation, modeling and simulation

This technical report provides users and researchers information on the configuration and use of Construct, the CASOS dynamic network, agent-based, information and belief diffusion simulation of complex socio-technical systems. The report provides a Quick Start Guide to Construct, a detailed discussion of its configuration, and use through a sample problem and virtual experiment configuration exemplar, and a set of appendices with additional useful information. This document is intended both as an introduction to Construct for casual modelers as well as a reference guide for researchers, modelers, and simulationists.

125 pages

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