1. Experiences with a Socio-Environmental Modeling Course
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Pedro Ribeiro Andrade, Gilberto Camara, Raian V. Maretto, Antonio Miguel V. Monteiro, Tiago G. S. Carneiro, and Flavia F. Feitosa
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Modeling paradigms ,Computer simulation ,System dynamics ,Cellular automata ,Agent-based modeling ,TerraME ,Education (General) ,L7-991 - Abstract
In a social-environmental modeling course, students need to learn complementary skills that include the conceptualisation of a model, different modeling paradigms, computer pro- gramming, and the process of rigorously converting ideas and data into a computational program using a given toolkit. Such topics need to be taught in parallel in order to keep a heterogeneous audience motivated. Based on the experience with multidisciplinary au- diences, this paper describes a socio-environmental modeling course that explores three modeling paradigms: System dynamics, Cellular automata, and Agent-based modeling. We also present a small tutorial with some examples developed for the course.
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- 2015
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