Agent-based modelling (ABM): Introduction to tools and concepts (session 1)

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Course Details and Schedule

This eight session course will help you learn how to design, build, test, debug, and experiment with agent-based models. Agent-based modelling (ABM) plays an important role in ecology, climate change, collective animal behaviour, economics, sociology, and many other sciences. In the first session you will be introduced to the basic concepts and software for making agent-based models.

See below for course schedule

Key topics

Agent-based modelling (ABM) as a methodology
How to design an ABM
Building and thinking critically about ABMs
Introduction to NetLogo and Modelling4All
Discussion of a variety of sample models

Course information

Intended audience	Anyone interested in agent-based or individual-based modelling
Prior knowledge	None
Resources	Notes and resources will be available online
Software	http://modelling4all.org
Format	Presentation with practical exercises
Further information	See: http://modelling4all.org
Where next?	Come to the follow-on session Agent-based modelling (ABM): A predator-prey example (session 2)

Taught using:

Windows

Course provider: IT Learning Programme

Schedule

Frequency: This course runs subject to demand. Express an interest in future dates for this course.