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Advanced Computational Modeling of Social Systems
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Abstract
We will be studying the principles of agent-based modeling and its applications to the social sciences. The course will allow the participants to develop their own applied models. This course builds on the introductory class given SS 04 and WS 04/05. Attendance of that course is not a prerequisite but helpful. Admittance to the current course is limited and only by appointment with the instructor.
Objective
The students are expected to learn how to create their own agent-based models in order to explore social systems.
Resources
Literature
A full syllabus will be provided shortly. Recommended introductory readings about agent-based modeling: Axelrod, Robert. 1997. The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Casti, John L. 1997. Would-Be Worlds: How Simulation Is Changing the Frontiers of Science. New York: Wiley. Cederman, Lars-Erik. 1997. Emergent Actors in World Politics: How States and Nations Develop and Dissolve. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Epstein, Joshua M. and Robert Axtell. 1996. Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science From the Bottom Up. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. Holland, John H. 1995. Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- DS , MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
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Advanced Computational Modeling of Social Systems
Permission from lecturers required for all students.
Teilnehmerzahl beschränkt, Einschreibung beim Dozenten.
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (In order to be awarded credits, please register under "Pflichtwahlfach GESS"!. The language courses are offered by the ETH and University of Zurich Language Center ( ))
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