Workshop: Getting familiar with agent based modelling - GIS

Monday, February 3, 2020 by Jonathan Morgan

Thursday, February 27 - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Dana Porter Computer Lab (LIB 329)

In this workshop, we will explore agent based modelling using spatial data as an environment.

An agent based model (ABM) is a class of computational models for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents (both individual for collective entities such as organizations or groups) with a view to assessing their effects on the system as a whole. - Wikipedia

NetLogo is an Open Source software that uses procedural code to create a space to spawn and observe "agents" within parameters you set.

We will cover some simple procedural coding, uploading a raster while preserving its space, creating agents, having them move across a known surface and output the collected data in a chart.

Host: Library's Geospatial Centre

Event website: Register here.