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Burkhart Roger M |
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RE: [Swarm-Modelling] Looking to get in touch with Roger Burkhartregarding Models as Textbooks |
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Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:30:16 -0500 |
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Looking to get in touch with Roger Burkhartregarding Models as
Textbooks
Sorry to use the list for this, but I'm hoping Roger is lurking out
there because I am interested in finding out more about the talk he gave at
Swarmfest regarding this idea of dynamic knowledge representation/modeling as
an adjunct/replacement for traditional textbooks. I seem to recall that the
orginal Swarm project had a little of this in it as well; I'm looking for
comments and/or references regarding the use of ABM in this pedagogical sense
(I know Netlogo is very involved in this as well). Feel free to reply to
me off-list to maintain anonymity :)
Thanks,
Gary
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Yes, I'm on this list, but as this message indicates it can
be a while before I see something. Feel free also to email me
directly.
NetLogo has done a great job of making many kinds of
standard models available for people to see and interact with. Having at
least some example libraries of such models was an original Swarm goal, but its
focus was even more on replicating each other's models used for scientific
research. Others can respond better than me on use of ABM in particular in
a pedagogical sense.
These days I'm working mainly on hybrid modeling for
engineering design, which might have ABM at an upper level but are typically
built on very specific models of an engineered system, such as a
dynamic simulation of a physical system (differential equation models) or models
of electronics and control systems. Here also, however, I hope that
much of the standard engineering knowledge you might find in a textbook might be
available in the form of actual working models under standardized software
frameworks. Eventually, the working models might end up being the
principal way you first understand, apply, and test much of your knowledge
including the mathematics.
--Roger
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