Schedule
20.02.2008 (Week 1): Introduction and logistics
Course logistics including tools and readings. Overview of contents.
27.02.2008 (Week 2): Agent-based modeling I
Conceptual introduction to agent-based modeling: principles and ontology
05.03.2008 (Week 3): Agent-based modeling II
Conceptual introduction to agent-based modeling: validation and use
12.03.2008 (Week 4): Tooling
Practical aspects of running agent-based simulations.
18.03.2008: Implementation Assignment due
19.03.2008 (Week 5): Implementation
Discussion of implementation assignment
02.04.2008 (Week 6): Student proposals
t.b.a.
09.04.2008 (Week 7): Applications to sociology
Applications to the field of sociology.
16.04.2008 (Week 8): Applications to traffic and urban geography
Applications to the field of traffic simulations with Mr. Jeremy Hackney as invited lecturer.
23.04.2008 (Week 9): Applications to management and economics
Applications to the field of economics with Mr. Frank Walter as invited lecturer.
30.04.2008 (Week 10): Applications to politics
Applications to the field of political science.
07.05.2008 (Week 11): Student presentations I
Luca Gugelmann, Manuel Baumann, Fabio Zünd
14.05.2008 (Week 12): Student presentations II
Silvio Frischknecht, Matthias Bönhof, Hyun-U Sohn
21.05.2008 (Week 13): Student presentations III
Stephan Luyet, Anderas Börrnert, Peter Birrer, Bernhard Steubing
28.05.2008 (Week 14): Student presentations III
Daniel Meister, Andreas Hermann
30.05.2008: Final project report due