Tag Archives: agent based models

Model Thinking – A Free Online Course with Scott E. Page (Director of UMich Center for Study of Complex Systems)

Starting in the January 2012, Scott E. Page (one of my PhD thesis advisors) will teach Model Thinking (a free online course offered via the consortium that brought you AI Class, Machine Learning, etc.) Scott and I have previously teamed … Continue reading

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Riders on a Swarm — Might Mimicking the Behavior of Ants, Bees & Birds Be the Key to Artificial Intelligence?

This week’s issue of the Economist has an interesting article entitled Riders on a Swarm. Among other things, the article discusses how attempts to computationally model ant, bee and bird behavior have offered insight into major problems in artificial intelligence. … Continue reading

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The State of the Union and Computational Models of Standing Ovations

The State of the Union often provides for dramatic political theatre. While watching President Obama’s first State of the Union Address last night, I could not help but think about a particular subplot associated with the speech–the Republican caucus and the “standing … Continue reading

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Programming Dynamic Models in Python-Part 3: Outbreak on a Network

In this post, we will continue building on the basic models we discussed in the first and second tutorials. If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at them yet, definitely go back and at least skim them, … Continue reading

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Positive Legal Theory and a Model of Intellectual Diffusion on the American Legal Academy [Repost from 4/22]

For the third installment of posts related to Reproduction of Hierarchy? A Social Network Analysis of the American Law Professoriate, we offer a Netlogo simulation of intellectual diffusion on the network we previously visualized.  As noted in prior posts, we are … Continue reading

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Forest Fire Model-A Popular Example of Non-Linearity [Repost from 5/13]

The Forest Fire Model is a commonly invoked example of non-linear system–where a very small perturbation can generate significant differences in observed outcomes. Consider the above Netlogo–to Run the Model: (1) Adjust the Density Slider to set the concentration within … Continue reading

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Syllabus–Modeling Law as a Complex Adaptive System

Several months ago, I put together this syllabus for use in a future seminar course Law as a Complex System.   A number of my friends and colleagues noted that if were to actually use this syllabus in a course, it … Continue reading

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised — But Will it Come from HLS or YLS ? A Social Network Analysis of the Legal Academy (Part IV)

This is the final installment of posts related to Reproduction of Hierarchy? A Social Network Analysis of the American Law Professoriate. Thanks for your emails. Here is the plot we provide within the paper.  As a general proposition, we believe this … Continue reading

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Classic Model from Complex Systems: The El Farol Bar Problem

I recently attended a conference at the Santa Fe Institute.  During the trip, I made a point of eating at the El Farol Bar & Restaurant. This restaurant holds a special place in the lore of complex systems.  Thus, I thought I … Continue reading

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Coming Next Week on CLS Blog

  A Netlogo 3D screenprint of one of the classic agent based models—the Shelling Segregation Model is above. We offer it as a holdover until CLS Blog Returns Sunday Night with more exciting content….. NEXT WEEK: (1) Discussion of a New … Continue reading

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