Welcome to the Computational Laboratories Group at UCSB's Department of Economics.   We define a computational laboratory as a well-specified agent-based simulation model coupled with careful experimental design and thorough testing.   Our group uses computational laboratories to conduct theory-driven explorations of distributed processes in organizations, agent-based public finance, spatial economics, and Regional Science.   Our computational platforms range from C++ on NERSC's Cray T3E to the Santa Fe Institute's Swarm agent-based platform running under Linux and Win98 on Intel-based PCs.

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