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Agent-based modeling

Agent-Based Modeling Software

MiroFish is agent-based modeling software for qualitative decision rehearsal, not a programmable ABM framework. Use it when actors, incentives, relationships, and interpretation shape a decision. Upload source material, inspect the actor graph, run reaction rounds, read the report, and turn unresolved claims into validation tasks.

Not a statistically representative survey, customer panel, or deterministic prediction.

Live decision rehearsal

Multi-role reaction path

Inspectable
R1 · Source packetreaction
Defines the decision, actors, constraints, evidence, and uncertainty.
R2 · Actor graphreaction
Makes relationships, conflicts, knowledge, and incentives visible for review.
R3 · Simulation roundsreaction
Lets actor reactions influence later reactions instead of producing one answer.
R4 · Report reviewreview
Turns plausible paths into claims, weak assumptions, and validation questions.
Best fitQualitative actors, graph review, reaction rounds, report, follow-up

Direct answers

What should teams understand before they simulate?

Start with the evidence needed for the decision. Use simulation to expose uncertainty, not to hide it behind generated volume.

01

What kind of agent-based modeling does MiroFish support?

MiroFish supports qualitative actor modeling for strategic, product, market, policy, and stakeholder decisions.

  • Source-grounded actors
  • Inspectable graph assumptions
  • Report and follow-up workflow
02

When should teams use this instead of formal ABM software?

Use MiroFish when the team needs fast decision rehearsal before research, modeling, experiments, or executive review.

  • Actor interpretation matters
  • Evidence is incomplete
  • The next step is validation planning
03

When is MiroFish not the right ABM tool?

Use a formal ABM framework when you need code, calibrated parameters, repeated experiments, spatial models, or statistical outputs.

  • Not NetLogo
  • Not AnyLogic
  • Not a Python simulation engine

Five-step workflow

How does the simulation move from evidence to action?

Every step leaves something inspectable: the source, the actor assumptions, the reaction path, or the next human check.

  1. 1

    Define the decision

    Name the decision, actors, system boundary, and time horizon.

  2. 2

    Prepare the source packet

    Upload market, customer, policy, product, competitor, or stakeholder evidence.

  3. 3

    Inspect the graph

    Review actor relationships, conflicts, incentives, knowledge, and missing context.

  4. 4

    Run reaction rounds

    Use simulation to expose how one actor's response can change another actor's path.

  5. 5

    Question the report

    Ask follow-up questions and turn fragile claims into validation tasks.

What should the report give your team?

Useful output makes the next decision or validation step more specific.

  • Actor and relationship graph for assumption review
  • Qualitative reaction paths across multiple actors
  • Prediction report with claims and fragile assumptions
  • Follow-up answers that identify evidence and validation needs

What can this simulation not establish?

These boundaries apply even when the output looks detailed or consistent.

  • MiroFish is not a programmable ABM framework, NetLogo replacement, AnyLogic replacement, Python simulation engine, or calibrated mathematical model.
  • Agent simulation produces hypotheses, reaction paths, assumptions, and validation questions, not a deterministic prediction.
  • Generated actors are not real people, recruited respondents, statistically representative samples, or observed market behavior.
  • Use domain experts, customer or stakeholder evidence, experiments, analytics, legal review, or accountable human judgment before consequential decisions.

Frequently asked questions

What else should teams know?

Is MiroFish agent-based modeling software?

MiroFish can support qualitative agent-based decision rehearsal, but it is not a programmable ABM framework for calibrated mathematical simulation, code-based model building, or formal sensitivity analysis.

What should teams upload for agent simulation?

Upload a focused source packet: the decision, context, actor list, known constraints, evidence, assumptions, prior research, market notes, and the question the team needs to review.

What does the actor graph add?

The graph makes actors, relationships, conflicts, knowledge, and influence paths visible before the report becomes persuasive, so weak assumptions are easier to challenge.

Can AI agents predict real behavior?

No. AI agents can rehearse plausible reactions and expose assumptions, but real behavior requires validation through people, data, experiments, or accountable domain review.

Evidence → actors → reactions → review

Rehearse the decision before the market makes it expensive.

Bring the current evidence, a bounded question, and the assumptions your team is willing to challenge.

Start agent-based rehearsal