New agent-based modelling course materials available

Materials for our virtual short course - ‘Agent-based modelling for social science research’ - are now available on the NCRM website. Last year, CPC researchers worked with colleagues at the Universities of Southampton and Rostock to deliver our first virtual training course, aiming to familiarise participants with the most recent advances in building, analysing and documenting agent-based models of social processes. In collaboration with the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), we recently made the videos available online to all for free.

The content includes videos, presentations and supporting materials, such as slides, transcripts and reading lists. The course is aimed particularly at PhD level students and early career researchers, with some prior experience with coding and interest in computational modelling in social science.

During the course, participants will cover aspects related to the choice of modelling language and environment, tailoring models for specific research purposes, statistical analysis of model results and key principles of experimental design, inclusion of realistic cognitive assumptions in models, and documenting the modelling endeavours by using a variety of approaches.

In Block 1, Jakub Bijak, Martin Hinsch and Andre Grow introduce Modelling, Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) and the Treatment of Time in ABM. In Block 2, Sarah Nurse, Jakub Bijak, Jason Hilton and Toby Prike cover Data Quality Assessment, Model Analysis UQ and Psychological Experiments. In Block 3 Andre Grow and Adeline Uhrmacher explore Documentation of Agent-Based Models and Provenance for Simulation Studies.

The course was organised as a part of the research project Bayesian Agent-Based Population Studies, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement 725232).

Course materials

Agent-based modelling for social research (NCRM website)
Keynote lecture on ABM with Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz (Youtube)

Posted 28/06/2021 09:27