Presentations and Tutorials

Below you can find links to the slides from some of the presentations that Ken and I have given. There is an inherent difficulty with looking through slides outside the actual presentation; insofar as slides are used only as guides, cues, and visuals for the meat of the presentation (the monologue) they are of limited value. However, I (Aaron) have received several requests for slides from my presentations, so they must be worth something to some people. If you have any requests, comments, or questions regarding the material in the presentations below, please do not hesitate to contact us. And if you'd like to arrange for a presentation or tutorial on complex systems and/or agent-based modeling at your institution or company, then please visit our invited talks page.

ICPSR 2005 - Computer Modeling Tutorial

Presentation slides for the summer 2005 ICSPR complexity class tutorial on agent-based modeling. Includes a general introduction of the benefits and limitations of ABMs, a thorough introduction to NetLogo, and a brief introduction to RePast. Click on the headline above to see the presentation.

Frontiers of Agent-Based Modeling

This 90-minute talk was prepared for the University of Michigan's Complex Systems Advanced Academic Workshop (CSAAW) to address the benefits and current limitation of agent-based modeling (and other complex systems techniques) and to propose various directions into which future research could expand to overcome some of these limitations. The presentation is available here in pdf format.

ICPSR 2006 - Computer Modeling Tutorial

Presentation slides for the summer 2006 ICSPR complexity class tutorial on agent-based modeling. Includes a general introduction of the benefits and limitations of ABMs and a thorough introduction to NetLogo (including exercises, tips, code snippets, etc.). Click on the headline above to see the presentation.

ICPSR 2007 - Computer Modeling Tutorial

Presentation slides for the summer 2007 ICSPR complexity class tutorial on agent-based modeling. Includes a general introduction of the benefits and limitations of ABMs and a thorough introduction to NetLogo (including exercises, tips, code snippets, etc.). Click on the headline above to see the presentations.

ICPSR 2008 - Computer Modeling Tutorial

Presentation slides for the summer 2008 ICSPR complexity class tutorial on agent-based modeling. Includes a general introduction of the benefits and limitations of ABMs and a thorough introduction to NetLogo (including exercises, tips, code snippets, etc.). Click on the headline above to see the daily presentations and other materials.

EITM 2009 - Workshop on Computer Modeling

This presentation introduces Thomas Schelling's famous segregation (aka tipping) model and demonstrates how to extend the model in various way. It is meant to demonstrate how easy it is to make useful qualitative changes to existing research with just a little Netlogo knowledge. Each extension is motivated, demonstrated, and the code as well as the results are provided. In additoin to this slideshow there is an accompanying HTML file that includes an applet of the base model, the documentation, and links to download each extended version (with extensive commenting to describe the changes and spur students for more). Click on the headline above to see the presentation.

ICPSR 2009 - Computer Modeling Tutorial

Presentation slides and additional material for the summer 2009 ICSPR complexity class lab sessions on agent-based modeling. The course includes a general introduction of the benefits and limitations of ABMs and a thorough introduction to NetLogo (including exercises, tips, code snippets, etc.). This year the workshop is available for credit so the style of the course has changed a bit with more structure and a altered pace. Click on the headline above to get to the class materials. Material is added as it becomes developed.