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Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!
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glen ep ropellaa |
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Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates! |
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Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:20:06 -0700 |
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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.
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.:
>
> 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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- [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!, glen ep ropellaa, 2021/08/12
- Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!, Steve Railsback, 2021/08/12
- Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!, glen ep ropellaa, 2021/08/12
- Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!, Pieter Steenekamp, 2021/08/12
- Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!, glen ep ropellaa, 2021/08/12
- Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!, Steve Railsback, 2021/08/12
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- Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!, Dr Andrew J Cleary, 2021/08/12
- Re: [Swarm-modeling] ungulates!, glen ep ropellaa, 2021/08/12