Agent-Based Modeling 

Spring 2017

Units

Variable

Prerequisite

An interest in Agent-based modeling

Instructor: Jeff Schank

Email: jcschank@ucdavis.edu

Office: 268D Young Hall

Phone: 752-6332

Office Hours: Wednesdays 11 to noon

Requirements:

Build or start an agent-based model for publication

SEMINAR SCHEDULE – Spring, 2017

Meeting times – Wednesday, 5 to 8 PM

1. Wednesday – April 5 – Organization and Introduction to Virtual Experiments

Virtual Experiments and Agent-Based Models

Agent-Based Models and Mason

Installing Eclipse and Mason.pdf

WIN.zip

MAC.zip

Readings

1. Pattern-Oriented Modeling of Agent-Based Complex Systems: Lessons from Ecology
2. Agent-based modeling: Methods and techniques for simulating human systems
3. Evolution of fairness in the dictator game by multilevel selection

2. Wednesday – April 12 –  Introduction to Eclipse Programming Environment and Java, Lab, Talkers.zip

Take home Quiz; It’s for learning  purposes only and it will give me an idea about where you are at.

Resources

Java Tutorials Learning Paths

Learn Java Programming

3. Wednesday – April 19 –Introduction to Building an ABM in MASON, Lab

4. Wednesday – April 26 –  MASONex, Introduction to Human Mate Choice: building a model, Lab

A second take home Quiz; It’s again for leaning purposes only and it will give me an idea about where you are at.

Readings

1. The Matching Hypothesis Reexamined
2. Human Mate Choice is a Complex System

5. Wednesday– May 3 –Introduction to Human Mate Choice continued

Readings

1. Movement patterns, social dynamics, and the evolution of cooperation

6. Wednesday – May 10 – Game Theory and the Evolution of Cooperation

Readings

1. Movement patterns, social dynamics, and the evolution of cooperation
2. Know when to walk away: contingent movement and the
   evolution of cooperation
3. Increased Costs of Cooperation Help Cooperators in the Long Run

7. Wednesday – May 17 –Individual projects

Vampire Bats

Readings: Vampire Bats

1. Reciprocal food sharing in the vampire bat

2. Food sharing in vampire bats: reciprocal help predicts
   donations more than relatedness or harassment

3. Roost size for multilevel selection of altruism among
   vampire bats
4. Energy Sharing for Swarms Modeled on the
   Common Vampire Bat

8. Wednesday – May 24 – Individual projects

9. Wednesday – May 31 –Individual projects

10. Wednesday – June 7–Individual projects

MASONex12