Understanding Complexity II: Guide to Using & Developing Agent-Based Models for Research Part 3

Understanding Complexity II: A Simple Guide to Using & Developing Agent-Based Models for Research Part 3

Part three of a series of free workshops and a panel sessions offered by the PSO as a part of the APSA 2014 Annual Meeting. Co-sponsored by the Journal on Policy and Complex Systems (JPCS). This workshop took place Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington DC.

This free course is a must for those who want to add to their research toolkit, the hot new analytical method of agent-based modeling from complexity science. Research questions about parts, whole, and relationships will be transformed into dynamic models of systems, in simulation form. Complex, adaptive, and simple models will be demonstrated with participants developing skills to expand models. This course includes hands-on learning, simple step-by step methods, and interactive exercises in order gain the skills for understanding, conceptualizing, creating, developing, implementing, and analyzing policy and political science simulation models. This analytical tool can be used in addition to traditional triangulation strategies, to operationalize quantitative and qualitative variables, or a combination of both into simulation.