2010 Institute on Systems Science and Health. June 13-18, 2010. New York, NY.

Agent-Based Modeling Track

Elizabeth Bruch, PhD

Syllabus (PDF)

Handouts

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• Recommended Reading List
• Berk, Richard. 2008. “How can you tell if the simulations in computational criminology are any good?” Journal of Experimental Criminology 4:289-308.
• Epstein, Joshua. 2008. “Why Model?” Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
• Galea, Sandro et al. 2009 “Causal thinking and complex system approaches in epidemiology” International Journal of Epidemiology 39:97–106
• Schelling, Thomas. 1971. “Dynamic Models of Segregation.” Journal of Mathematical Sociology 1:143-86.
• Schelling, Thomas. 1978. Micromotives and Macrobehavior, Chapter 1. New York: Norton and Company.
• Sterman, John. 2006. “Learning from Evidence in a Complex World.” American Journal of Public Health 96:505–14.
• Thomas, Adam *2010. “Plans Are Useless, But Planning is Indispensible: A Benefit-Cost Assessment of Three Strategies to Prevent Unintended Pregnancy.” The Brookings Institution

Network Analysis Track

Kathleen Carley, PhD

Syllabus (PDF)

Track Overview (PDF)

Presentation Slides (many adapted from Steve Borgatti)

• Monday June 14
• Tuesday June 15 AM
• Tuesday June 15 PM
• Wednesday June 16 AM
• Wednesday June 16 PM
• Thursday June 17 AM
• Thursday June 17 PM

Handouts

• Background and Auxiliary Reading
• Bios
• The Etiology of Social Change, Kathleen Carley
• Smart Agents and Organizations of the Future, Kathleen Carley

System Dynamics Track

George P. Richardson, PhD

Syllabus

Handouts

• Richardson, George. 2008. “The Core of System Dynamics” Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science. Springer.
• Sterman, John. 2002. “All models are wrong: reflections on becoming a systems scientist” System Dynamics Review Volume 18 Number 4
• Assignment #1: Feedback and Circular Causality
• Systems Thinking and Public Management: Managing Rapid Growth in the Governor’s Office of Regulatory Assistance
• How to Anticipate Change in Tobacco Control Systems. Chapter 5, Monograph 18: Greater Than the Sum: Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control. National Cancer Institute.
• Assignment #2: Policy Analysis for the Kaibab Plateau (and Introduction to Vensim)
• Assignment #3: A Simple Urban Model
• Thompson, K. M. and Duintjer Tebbens, R. J. 2008. Using system dynamics to develop policies that matter: global management of poliomyelitis and beyond. System Dynamics Review Vol. 24, No. 4
• Milstein, Bobby et al. 2010. Analyzing National Health Reform Strategies With a Dynamic Simulation Model. American Journal of Public Health. 100:811–819
• Richardson, George and Andersen, David. 2010. Systems Thinking, Mapping, and Modeling in Group Decision and Negotiation. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York.