# Agent-Based Modeling
**Entity class:** Computational modeling method
**Aliases:** ABM
## Definition
**Agent-based modeling** simulates systems through interacting entities with states, rules, goals, and local information. Aggregate behavior emerges from their interactions rather than from one predetermined sequence.
## Relationships
- **military simulation:** [[wiki/OneSAF|OneSAF]], [[wiki/Next Generation Constructive|NGC]], and computer-generated forces.
- **narrative systems:** [[wiki/AI Narrative Systems|AI Narrative Systems]].
- **related entry:** [[wiki/Agent-Based Model|Agent-Based Model]].