Complex Adaptive Systems Group

The mission of the Complex Adaptive Systems Group (CAS Group) is to:

• Perform research and develop complex adaptive systems that support synergistic social, economic, and ecological analyses
• Apply CAS tools and techniques to problems at the local, national, and international levels

The development and application of these techniques will lead to more informed decision making.

The CAS Group is applying these techniques and related tools to many areas, including:

• Energy markets and systems, such as electric power markets and the emerging hydrogen economy;
• Social systems modeling;
• Integrated modeling of interactions between natural and social processes, such as in Bronze Age Mesopotamia;
• National security topics, such as concepts for distributed adaptive network control and terrorist networks;
• Supply chain dynamics;
• Biological systems, including bacterial chemotaxis; and
• Other scientific, cultural, business, and government issues.

As a natural consequence of its activities, the CAS Group is deeply involved with both applied work on and theoretical research into model reproduction, verification, and validation. The CAS Group is also the lead developer of a number of agent-based modeling systems, including Repast Simphony and DIAS/FACET.

For more information, contact:
Charles M. Macal
Phone: 630-252-3767
Fax: 630-252-9868
E-mail Charles M. Macal

John Hummel
Phone: 630-252-7189
Fax: 630-252-5128
E-mail John Hummel

Co-Directors, Complex Adaptive Systems Group
Decision and Information Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Ave., Bldg. 221
Argonne, IL 60439