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Umesh D.

Intern Software Engineer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/12/2025

"A Powerful Tool for Agent-Based Modeling"

5/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

NetLogo's natural language and simplicity make it easier to learn and utilize both by first-time modelers and experienced modelers. The ability to quickly prototype and visually represent agent models is immensely powerful. Well-documented and with a good modeling community and model base.

NetLogo streghths lies in how it makes agent-based simulation accessible. The model library is full of many research, education, or experimentation starting points. The system supports interactive experimentation with switches and sliders and graphical displays to immediately observe the effect of a parameter change. The system also provides integration with tools such as BehaviorSpace to batch-run and HubNet to work classroom participation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

Advanced users might find the language restrictive. The IDE feels a bit outdated, and its capabilities for debugging or profiling code are limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is NetLogo solving and how is that benefiting you?

NetLogo meets the challenge of modeling complex systems with many interacting agents through a user-friendly graphical interface. The software promotes the exploration of behaviors, rules, and dynamics that are hard to define mathematically. These have been especially useful in both research and education to allow for quick prototyping of simulations, testing of hypotheses, and visualization of emergent patterns. The ease of the interface reduces the amount of development time spent, and use of visual feedback increases understanding and communication of the complex processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Laurence D.

PhD Student & REF Impact Researcher

Research

9/7/2019

"A powerful & user-friendly programming environment for simulating social and physical systems"

5/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

Netlogo is both a development environment and a domain-specific programming language. The primitives and syntax of the language are tailored to the intended use: i.e. to create a series of autonomous 'elements' of a system (e.g. representing people or particles) and simulate their 'behaviour' within an environment. The language itself is highly intuitive and has a very straightforward syntax. Netlogo also includes a range of straightforward tools to create graphical displays showing the state of the simulation (and other outputs). This allows detailed inspection of the simulation during development and application (it also assists with debugging). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

Certain activities involving probability distributions do not seem to have native support, such as cumulative density and inverse cumulative density functions (although these could be implemented manually by the user in various ways). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering NetLogo:

I would strongly recommend Netlogo as a starting point for social simulation because of its ease of use and its general recognition within the social simulation community, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is NetLogo solving and how is that benefiting you?

My use of Netlogo has focused primarily on modelling the behaviour of social groups under coordination incentives (incentives to make the same decision regarding a particular social action). Netlogo has allowed me to implement detailed models of this situation and to carefully inspect and explore them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manel V.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/19/2018

"Modeling of natural and social simulation."

4.5/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

I like its potential to discover and show the relationship between people's behavior in the microstate and the macrostate styles that arise from their interaction. And it is easy to use this tool for beginners. The granular degree of individuals and the macro patterns that emerge from such interactions. There are many things to love about this product, particularly the fact that it could seamlessly explore the connection between the micro-level behavior of individuals and the macro-level styles that rise up in their interaction. The best component of this software is the unbound supply and it can be implemented for any operating system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

Much fewer updates because the first model A The user interface becomes a bit difficult to understand The user interface is no longer very easy to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering NetLogo:

I have used it in a task to simulate movement results of a sample institution and not use dependencies. I have used it as an intern for the version of human behavior when noticing the decline within the commercial company of the company and the discount in profits versus the behavior while there may be an improvement in the profits of the staff and the company functions well. It is used to simulate the results for a collection of people who are unique from each other. I used it for the task discussion as a teaching assistant at UTA to see the behavior or the group of students who are attentive to elegance rather than the inattentive hubnet network used, a generation that used the Internet logo for the participation of the entire class to simulate results. movements is a set of humans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is NetLogo solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hubnet, an era that used the emblem of the Internet for magnificent participation, to simulate the effects of movements, a group of people. The design of the logo and the creation of the interface become very simple with this software. I carried out some examples of trends already present in the software. In fact, it was mainly used to simulate action effects of a group of patterns of people independent of each other. I use it to teach or present complex problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jimena P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/13/2018

"Modelling herbal and social simulation"

4.5/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

Its potential to explore the relationship between the micro-level behavior of individuals and the macro-level patterns that emerge from their interaction. Among the many things I like, what intrigues me most is its capability to discover the relationship among the micro-level behavior of people. With a reasonably easy-to-use UI, this product allows exploration of the connection between the micro-level conduct of individuals and the macro-level patterns that emerge from their interaction. What I liked the most about this product was that it was able to discover the relationship between the micro-level behavior of individuals and the macro-level patterns that emerge from their interaction. It has extensive documentation and tutorials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

It takes time to recognize it. The interface of L.A. Persona was not very easy to implement. I think it's because many other products are already on the market, but the logic is still exploitable. There are very few updates since the first version. The user interface is not very easy to start with, and updates are much less compared to the initial version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering NetLogo:

I have even used this device to create a website for a startup corporation, which is like an educational software program for kids. I have used it in a project to simulate the consequences of actions of a sample organization without dependencies. I used it for the mission discussion as a student assistant at UTA to study the behavior of students being attentive in class versus non-attentive. I have used this product to simulate the consequences of actions of a group of people who were independent of each other. Great tool to get in touch with coding and should be used with the multiple cards available online for assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is NetLogo solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used it to mimic the effects of sports in a meeting of people who are open to each other. I used it to simulate the outcomes of actions of a group of individuals who are different. I have used this tool to create a website for a startup organization, which is like a teaching software for a children's startup earning venture. I have used it for virus detection on a network and collecting results on tcpdump, modified a version to use directed links instead of undirected links to stop the virus from spreading by emailing itself to everyone on the network. I have used it for virus detection on a network and gathering results on tcpdump, changed a version to apply directed links instead of undirected links to stop the virus from spreading by emailing itself to anyone on the network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fermin T.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/10/2018

"Modeling for natural and social simulation"

4/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

There are many things to love about this product, particularly the fact that it could seamlessly explore the relationship between individuals' micro-level behavior and the macro-level patterns that emerge from their interaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

The consumer interface is not always very clean for a fan of the ace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering NetLogo:

Great tool to get in touch with coding and it should be used with more than one card that is available online for assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is NetLogo solving and how is that benefiting you?

In fact, I have mainly used this to simulate the effect actions of a group of patterns of people independent from each other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos F.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/12/2018

"Social simulation modeling"

3.5/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

I like your ability to discover and show the relationship between people's behavior at the micro level and the macro-level patterns that emerge from their interaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

The person's interface was not very easy to create. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering NetLogo:

Great device for getting your fingers into coding and it should be used with more than one card available online for help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is NetLogo solving and how is that benefiting you?

NetLogo was used in my task to simulate movement outcomes of a large institution of independent individuals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose M.

Management Consultant

Management Consulting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/20/2018

"So useful but not evolving"

3/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

It helps students or initial experts to understand complexity and dynamics. Only with the examples is already good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

Unfortunately it is not evolving any more. I think it is because many other products are in the market already, but the logic is still exploitable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Angad R.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/21/2017

"Great for classification Modelling & Implementing Code "

4.5/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

Used it for a collaborative demand forecasting model and found it really handy. It gives you the ability to explore interactions at a granular level of individuals and the macro patterns that emerge from such interactions. Used it for classification modelling techniques such as neural networks as well for bio-genetics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

The UI is not intuitive and easy. Can be a bit more user friendly. The code by itself is not easily reproducible across other common platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lara J.

Test Development Assistant

Research

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/21/2018

"Interesting Program in Beginning Stages"

3.5/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

The program allowed the programmer to create visuals for each part which makes it easier to see functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

It was still in the beginning stages so there was some lag depending on the picture picked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hinali T.

Talent Acquisition Executive

Human Resources

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/20/2017

"Free source used effeciently"

5/5

What do you like best about NetLogo?

The best part is it is a free source and is approachable to use , and that it can run on mac windows linux etc and has international character support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetLogo?

It is a user friendly tools and there is nothing to dislike about , infact i recommend people to use it for small projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.