The availability of Swarmlike platforms will speed the pace of the computational revolution and open new areas of research. Given this fortuitous fact, I have chosen to arrange the topics alphabeticaly. Though containing bits of levity, this paper should be read seriously both as a social scientist's commentary on a nascent field and as a guide to future research. Each special ACE issue introduction includes a common introduction to ACE followed by a synopsis of the articles included in the particular special ACE issue at hand. This paper is as abbreviated html version, with updated references, of the following survey in postscript.
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It is shown how information-contagious behavior can emerge in a coevolutionary process of interacting adaptive agents, how this is related to various Hayekian themes, and how ACE research in general is an application of Hayek's methodological insights. This article argues that ACE models with adaptive agents fit in well with the standard economic concept of rationality. All Rights Reserved.