Schedule
Time
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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| 9 |
Welcome, introductions, and historic perspective on IBMs (R.
H. Lamberson, Professor Emeritus, Humboldt State Dept. of Mathematics) |
Lecture: Design concepts (Ch. 7; VG) |
Work on Project 1 | Pattern-oriented modeling example: The Jamaica coffee farm
model (SR) |
Guest lecture and discussion- Field science and individual-based modeling: how do they affect each other? (B. C. Harvey, Redwood Sciences Lab, US Forest Service) | |
| 10 |
Lecture- What are models, IBMs, ABMs; and why do we use them?
(Ch. 1; VG) |
Group exercise: Emergence, simulation experiments, and BehaviorSpace (Ch. 8; VG) | Lecture: Independent testing of submodels (Sect. 12.3; SR) | Work on Project 2 | Work on Project 2 | |
| 11 |
Group exercise- Introduction to NetLogo (Ch. 2; VG) |
Lecture and group exercise: Sensing; NetLogo variables (Ch 10, Sect. 10.2, Ex. 10-1; SL) | Work on Project 1 | (continued) | (continued) | |
| 12 |
Lunch (catered; discussion opportunity) |
Lunch and discussion |
Lunch and discussion | Lunch and discussion | Lunch and discussion | |
| 1 |
Group exercise- Programming a first NetLogo model (Ch. 4; SR) | Lecture- Software testing (Ch. 9; SR) |
Presentations of Project 1 |
Lecture: Analyzing and doing science with IBMs -- how to get that Nobel Prize (VG) | Work on Project 2 | |
| 2 |
(continued) |
Software testing exercise |
Discussion: Making independent projects successful (VG, SL) | Work on Project 2 | Project presentations and feedback | |
| 3 |
Group exercise- From animations to science (Ch. 5; SR) | (continued) | Lectures: Stochasticity and random number generation (Ch. 15;
SR) Collectives and NetLogo Breeds (Ch. 16; SL) |
(continued) | (continued) | |
| 4 |
(continued) | Lecture: Adaptive behavior and objectives (Ch. 11; SR) Exercise: AgentSets and subsetting (Sect. 11.2.1; Ex. 11-1: SL) |
Lecture: Pattern-Oriented Modeling--The Way to do agent-based science (VG) | Grand finale- NetLogo gadgets; how to keep your momentum up;
course feedback |
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| 5 |
The ODD Protocol- Why and how (Ch. 3; VG) |
Introduction to Project 1: Business Investor &
Telemarketer models (Ex. 10-3 & 13-1, 2; SR) |
Introduction to Project 2: Wild Dog & Woodhoopoe models (Ex.13-3, 4 & 19-2; SR) | Discussion- Effective learning of software development (SL) | ||
| Evening |
Welcome Social: 5-7 p.m. 231 13th St. MAP |
Redwood forest stroll (~1 mile walk through the redwood
forest adjacent to campus) |
Project work (independent) |
Baseball at the Arcata Ballpark: Humboldt Crabs vs.
Sonoma Seals (doubleheader @ 5:30) |
Class repast: 6:30 p.m., Plaza View Room, 3rd floor, Jacoby
Storehouse Building, H and 8th streets |
SR: Led by Steve Railsback
VG: Led by Volker Grimm
SL: Led by Steve Lytinen