16th October 2012

Post date: Oct 16, 2012 3:46:26 PM

Opening discussion for the new year. A round of introductions from everyone and a discussion of what problems we are all working on. Also talked about the topics people would like to see covered in this year's meetings:

• architectures for representing human decision making.
• networks, network modelling, network collapse.
• building a communal knowledge map of relevant areas, e.g., psychology. Which group members are experts on particular subject, and what do they recommend as highlights in their fields for newcomers to read?
• standard tools for working with agents, candid opinions on the many different tools currently available.
• visualization for agent-based models: how do we represent thousands of agents acting in a space that has both geographical and abstract dimensions.
• game theory as a complementary approach to agent-based modelling.
• contrast between the theory-driven and stakeholder-driven approaches.
• tools needed for doing agent-based modelling well.
• uncertainty and sensitivity to parameters: something we should all be doing.
• integrating geographic information systems with agent-based modelling tools