Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!

[Dr Andrew J Cleary]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 11:20 AM glen ep ropellaa <gepr@agent-based-modeling.com> wrote:

Ha! Yeah. He knows that. And if my 33 years of writing simulations hasn't taught me that, then I should just retire and brew beer.

Are "writing simulations" and "brewing beer" mutually exclusive?? ;-)

On 8/12/21 11:15 AM, Steve Railsback wrote:
> On 8/12/2021 10:20 AM, glen ep ropellaa wrote:
>> I asked him if he thought a simple reinforcement/aversive learning
>> algorithm inside each individual would be adequate. His intuition was
>> "yes". So whatever the modeling objective, my plan is to start with
>> that. I also asked whether we wanted to instantiate a Herd as an
>> object/class or try to get them to emerge and his inclination was to
>> try to get it to arise naturally. So, it's already an interesting
>> project even though I have no idea what we'll be doing. 8^D
>
> We provide a theory-based alternative to learning, neural nets, etc. here:
> https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691195285/modeling-populations-of-adaptive-individuals
>
> But if your partner has digested the other classics of individual-based ecological modeling, he will know that starting to design the model or its code before deciding exactly what it's for, and how he will decide what does and does not need to be in it, is an excellent way to make all the money go away rapidly.
>
> E.g.:
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> Grimm, V. and S. F. Railsback. 2005. Individual-based modeling and ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
>
> Grimm, V. and S. F. Railsback. 2012. Pattern-oriented modelling: a `multiscope' for predictive systems ecology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 367:298-310.
>
>

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