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Hullo I won't be able to come to this, but the methodology sounds interesting as I'm looking at something else involving ancient social communications and sites/landscape. Will it be possible to see the paper/webinar/other recording of this session? Thanks Claire On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Simon Mahony <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The first of this Summer's Digital Classicist & Institute of Classical > Studies seminars is this Friday. > > Tom Brughmans (University of Southampton) > 'Exploring visibility networks in Iron Age and Roman Southern Spain with > Exponential Random Graph Models' > > Friday June 7 at 16:30 > Room G37, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU > > Are lines of sight between Roman towns important for explaining their > location? Through a case study on visibility patterns between urban > settlements in Iron Age and Roman Southern Spain, this paper will discuss > how Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGM) can help explore hypothetical > past processes of interaction and site location. With these models the > frequency of certain subnetworks in random networks and the empirically > attested network is compared, to examine the probability that the > subnetworks might have emerged through random processes. This paper will > critically evaluate the potential and limitations of such an approach for > archaeology. > > The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments. > > All are welcome > > The full 2013 programme is at <http://digiclass.cch.kcl.ac.** > uk/wip/wip2013.html <http://digiclass.cch.kcl.ac.uk/wip/wip2013.html>> > > ------------------------------**-------------------------- > > -- > Simon Mahony > Teaching Fellow > Programme Director MA/MSc Digital Humanities[1] > UCL Centre for Digital Humanities[2] > Department of Information Studies > University College London > Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT > > Tel: 020 7679 0092 > Fax: 020 7383 0557 > > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/**people/simonmahony<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/people/simonmahony> > [1] www.ucl.ac.uk/dh/courses/mamsc > [2] www.ucl.ac.uk/dh/ >