Mon, 16 Jan Course organization and Modelling as Inquiry DB, PG Insights From Complex Systems
Wed, 18 Emergence: A Computational/Cognitive Perspective DB
Mon, 23 Emergence: A Biological/Evolution Perspective PG
Wed, 25 Cellular Automata - Wolfram DB Wolfram
Mon, 30 Cellular Automata - Wolfram DB Wolfram
Wed, 1 Feb Cellular Automata - Possibilities and Limitations PG Wolfram
Mon, 6 Agent Based Modelling I. Agents and Environments PG
Wed, 8 Agent Based Modelling II. Deterministic vs non-deterministic systems PG
Mon, 13 Agent Based Modelling III. Interacting Agents, Sandpiles PG Sandpiles
Wed, 15 Agent Based Modelling IV. Variation in the agents PG
Mon, 20 Agent Based Modelling V. The consciousness problem PG
Wed, 22 Agent Based Modelling VI. The levels of organization problem PG
Mon, 27 Network Approaches I PG
Wed, 1 March Network Approaches II PG
Mon, 6 Spring Break
Wed, 8 Spring Break
Mon, 13 Genetic Algoithms I DB
Wed, 15 Genetic Algorithms II DB
Mon, 20 Other Froms of Agent Variability I DB
Wed, 22 Other Froms of Agent Variability II DB
Mon, 27 Interim reports on books under review
Wed, 29 Interim project reports
Mon, 3 April More complex examples DB Norns, from Creature Labs
Wed, 5 More complex examples DB
Mon, 10 Project Development
Wed, 12 Project Development
Mon, 17 Applications DB
Wed, 19 Applications DB
Mon, 24 New Perspectives on Emergence, student book reviews
Wed, 26 New Perspectives on Emergence, student book reviews
Mon, 1 May Project Presentations
Wed, 3 May Project Presentations