Computational Modeling
Fall 2005
 

Today:

1) discussion of HomeworkTwentyTwo

2) guest lecturer, Nick Collier

3) course evaluation, if time (otherwise monday)

For Monday: HomeworkTwentyTwo



Guest Lecture
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Nicholson Collier is a software developer for Argonne National
Laboratory and the lead software developer for PantaRei
Corporation.  Mr Collier began his modeling and simulation work in 1998
with Social Science Research Computing at the University of Chicago,
where he was the lead developer and co-designer of the Repast
simulation framework.  His current work focuses on the design and
development of a variety of simuations and agent-based optimizations
for business and academia.  Mr Collier holds a Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago.


Recommended reading:

"Remarks on the Foundations of Agent-Based Generative Social Science"
CSED Working Paper No. 41

by Joshua M. Epstein
July 2005 

http://www.brookings.edu/es/dynamics/papers/csed_wp41.htm