Based on popular games, the aim is to simulate a world of autonomous agents. The goal of the players is then to program agents or parameter meta-simulators, and then watch them evolve. http://sourceforge.net/projects/bdl/
Discover all the different web agents and bots, the download center and much more information on the world of software agents. http://www.agentland.com
Article proposing an artificial intelligence approach to simulation in economics based on a multiagent system, based on Holland's classifier systems and genetic algorithms. http://www.beje.decon.ufpe.br/rivero/rivero.htm
Research at the University of Twente (Netherlands) on the usage of autonomous agents for developing control systems. http://www.rt.el.utwente.nl/agent/