Welcome to Monash University’s Complexity Virtual Lab (VLAB).

VLAB is a web-based resource for research and education about complex systems. Its goals are to stimulate interest in complex systems and Alife and to provide demonstrations, both for key ideas and for recent research findings.

VLAB includes numerous simulations (mostly java applets), together with related tutorials, references and web links. The demonstrations include cellular automata, swarms, evolution, networks and non-linear dynamic systems. Applied examples include forest ecology, fire spread, epidemics, starfish outbreaks, spread of computer viruses and cascading power failures.

Award

The VLAB website won the best Software Demonstration award at the 8th Asia-Pacific Complex Systems Conference.

Complex’07 is the key complex systems event in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region for the year. This conference brings together those in the region who are actively involved in complex systems research and practice.

The Complexity Project

Easy-to-use and free Java library for implementing Graph/Network or Cellular Automata simulations. Visit the project page for more information.

Sponsors