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Professor James Kitts
Office: Savery 121G
Office Hours: By Appointment
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Class Meeting Time
and Location:
Thursday, 3:30-5:20
Mary
Gates
Hall, Room 242
Monday, 5:30-6:30
Savery Hall, Room 137
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Social
scientists
are increasingly using computer simulation to investigate
the dynamics and emergent properties of social systems. Recent projects
have modeled macro-phenomena, from technology standards in industry to
military alliances between nations, as well as micro-phenomena, from
neighborhood segregation to conformity in peer groups. As we survey a
set of case studies in social simulation, we will scrutinize the design
of computational experiments. We will focus primarily on agent-based
simulation, with a brief introduction to some more traditional modeling
approaches (including closed-form analytic solutions and system-level
simulation). Students must share an interest in abstract theory, but do
not need any specialized training or experience in mathematics or
computer science for this course.
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