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On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Identify basic methodological features of agent-based modelling.
- Explain what problems are better suited to be studied through computer simulation.
- Manipulate code and parameters in computational models.
- Design novel computational approaches to social phenomena.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Autonomous Student Learning | 128 |
Lectures | 24 |
Total | 152 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | |||
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Continuous Assessment: In- and out-of-class activities centred on the coding, manipulation, and interpretation of agent-based models. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
No |
Group Project: Collaborative design of a potential modification or extension for an agent-based model. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
No |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.