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6th ESSA Summer school in Social Simulation: Monday September 21 until Friday 25
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Directly following the ESSA 2015 conference in Groningen, the ESSA 2015 summer school will be organized at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands.
This summer school is aimed at PhD students who have an affinity with social simulations and Agent Based Modelling and want to elaborate on their knowledge and skills.
The programme consists of a mixture of lectures by renowned scientists and hands-on modelling. Focus is on how to arrive from knowledge of elementary social processes towards a tested ABM for better understanding social-physical systems. Specifically this summer school will focus on:
- Methodological aspects of ABM and the modelling processes
- From research goal to running model
- Developing models in NetLogo
- Elements of social processes
- Various methods of Sensitivity Analysis
- Documenting and sharing of models
The deadline for registration is April 30th.
More information and the preliminary programme can be found at: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/activity/6th-ESSA-Summer-school-in-Social-Simulation.htm or send a mail to [log in to unmask]
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