Many of us teach courses that cover these conceptual topics as well as
applied context. In fact, your request comes at an excellent time,
since the Open ABM consortium has just developed a beta teaching
materials archive. The course materials for one of my classes that I
used to teach at George Mason, "Spatial agent-based models of human-
environment interactions" are available there:
http://www.openabm.org/
http://www.openabm.org/book/2045/spatial-agent-based-models-human-environment-interactions
We invite others to begin to contribute their own course materials--
especially those of you who have sent links in response to this post--
and to suggest enhancement for the archive.
Thanks,
Dawn Parker
On 30-Oct-10, at 12:47 PM, Peer-Olaf Siebers wrote:
> Hello
>
> This term I'm teaching a new module "G54SIM - Simulation for
> Computer Scientists" (http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pos/g54sim/). The
> goal of this module is to explain all major dynamic simulation
> methods (System Dynamics (SD), Discrete Event Simulation (DES), and
> Agent-Based Simulation (ABS)) in detail so that students will be
> competent in choosing and implementing the right method for their
> particular problems.
>
> Quite ambitious, I know :).
>
> When I'm teaching a generic topic (for example "Conceptual
> Modelling") I'm often struggling to consider all three methods. I
> tend to favour process oriented DES, perhaps due to the facts that
> (a) my expertise is mainly in process oriented DES (I'm an ABS
> enthusiast but have never formally been introduced to the method and
> I'm a novice in SD) and (b) I'm using Robinson (2004) and the Winter
> Simulation Conference Proceedings as a main source of information
> for these topics.
>
> I found it quite difficult to get information on topics like
> "Conceptual Modelling", "Verification and Validation", and "Output
> Analysis" for SD and ABS.
>
> I was hoping that some of you (SD and ABS experts) could help me to
> improve my lectures in this respect, by sharing your experience on
> the topics listed above and by directing me to some reading
> material. Furthermore I would like to know if you think it is useful
> to teach all methods in one module or if you think it would be
> better to focus on just one method (which one?).
>
> Many thanks,
> Peer
>
> References:
> - Robinson S (2004). Simulation: The practice of model development
> and use. Wiley, Chichester, UK.
>
>
> --
> Dr. Peer-Olaf Siebers
> Senior Research Fellow
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> Intelligent Modelling and Analysis Group (IMA)
> School of Computer Science
> University of Nottingham
> NG8 1BB, UK
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> Website: http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pos/
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