gabm 0.2.6
Generative Agent-Based Model (GABM) framework.
License: BSD License
Requires Python: >=3.12

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# GABM: Generative Agent-Based Model

[GABM](https://github.com/compolis/GABM/) is a flexible, extensible [Python](https://www.python.org/) framework for developing agent-based models that use large language models (LLMs) as agent reasoning engines. It supports use of multiple LLM providers and implements persistent response caching.

## Features
- Flexible, extensible agent-based modeling with LLMs
- Multi-provider LLM support
- Persistent response caching

## API Keys
You need a `data/api_key.csv` file with your API keys. This file is not included in the repository for security reasons.


Create `data/api_key.csv` yourself in the following CSV format:


You must sign up with each LLM provider to obtain an API key:

- **OpenAI:** Go to [platform.openai.com/signup](https://platform.openai.com/signup) and create an account. After logging in, visit [API Keys](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys) to generate a key. Use `openai` as the API name.
- **DeepSeek:** Register at [deepseek.com](https://deepseek.com/) and follow their documentation to obtain an API key. Use `deepseek` as the API name.
- **GenAI (Google):** Go to [makersuite.google.com](https://makersuite.google.com/) and sign in with your Google account. Follow instructions to get an API key. Use `genai` as the API name.
- **PublicAI (Apertus):** Sign up at [publicai.co](https://publicai.co/) to get your API key. Use `publicai` as the API name.

You can also add your [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/) token for downloading private or gated models:

## Installation
```bash
pip install gabm
```

## Run the Main Program
When you run GABM (e.g., with `python3 -m gabm`), the default behavior is to execute an Agent-Based Model (ABM) simulation. Here’s what happens:

### Agent Groups and Opinions

- The simulation creates three groups of agents: Negative, Positive, and Neutral.
- You can configure the number of agents in each group by editing variables at the top of the main script.
- Negative agents start with an opinion of -1.0, Positive agents with 1.0, and Neutral agents with 0.0.

### Communication Rounds

- The simulation runs for several rounds (configurable).
- In each round, agents from the Negative and Positive groups communicate with randomly selected Neutral agents.
- When a Neutral agent communicates, both the Neutral agent and the other agent update their opinions to the average of their current opinions. This models opinion mixing and convergence.


### Output and Visualization

- The simulation logs the state of the environment and the average opinion after each round to `data/logs/run_main.log`.
- After the simulation, a separate boxplot is generated for each opinion topic (negative, neutral, positive), showing the distribution of agent opinions at each round. These plots are saved as `opinions_negative.png`, `opinions_neutral.png`, and `opinions_positive.png` in `data/output`.
- The boxplots help visualize how opinions change and converge over time for each topic. You should see positive and negative opinions mix and converge, while neutral opinions may behave differently depending on the communication rules.
- The `data/logs` directory should contain `run_main.log`.

### Customization

- You can change the number of agents in each group, the number of rounds, and other parameters by editing the main script.
- The random seed is set for reproducibility, so results are consistent across runs unless you change the seed.

This ABM demonstration is a starting point, it does not show how LLMs can be used in an ABM yet!

## Documentation
Full documentation: https://compolis.github.io/GABM/

## Acknowledgements
This project was developed with significant assistance from [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot) for code generation, refactoring, and documentation improvements.

We gratefully acknowledge support from the [University of Leeds](https://www.leeds.ac.uk/). Funding for this project comes from a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship awarded to [Professor Viktoria Spaiser](https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/staff/102/professor-viktoria-spaiser) (grant reference: [UKRI2043](https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=UKRI2043)).