These are drawn from multiple sessions of my courses (including but not limited to MIT 15.879, CMPT 858 [multiple sessions], the ABM Bootcamp for Health Researchers [multiple sessions], etc.
Visitors interested in our example models are recommended to visit example model inventory page, which documents and provides the opportunity to download example Anylogic models with a focus on health-sciences applications.
| Lecture Title & Link to Slides | Recommended Screencasts (via youtube) | Alternative Screencasts (via youtube) | Recommended MP3 Audio (.mp3) | Alternative MP3 Audio (.mp3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Example model exploration: ABM Model with Birth Death (Slides not available) | Screencast | Audio | The example model discussed may be downloaded here (note that this is zipped so that this is not simply opened in the browser). | |
| Example model exploration: TB Contact Tracing Model (Slides not available) | Screencast | Audio | ||
| Building a Hierarchical Metapopulation Model | Screencast | Alternative screencast 1 Alternative screencast 2 | Audio not yet available -- check back later |
| Lecture Title & Link to Slides | Recommended Screencasts (via youtube) | Alternative Screencasts (via youtube) | Recommended MP3 Audio (.mp3) | Alternative MP3 Audio (.mp3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Static and Dynamic Networks from Files (No slides available) | Part 2 of this Screencast | Audio | ||
| Accumulating Stock and Flow Statistics (Slides not available) | Screencast (only audio -- work on board is not visible) | Audio | ||
| Profiler Use (Slides not yet available -- check back later) | Screencast | Audio | ||
| Lecture 31 -- Dimensional Reasoning and Dimensional Homogeneity Testing | Screencast | |||
| Lecture 32 -- Dimensional Analysis 2: Non-Dimensionalization & Scale Modeling | Screencast not yet available | Material being reworked & represented: Anticipated for availability in a few weeks |
Please see these Prerequisites for suggested orderings among the exercises.
| Assignment Title & Link to Slides | Supplemental Materials | Notes |
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| A First Encounter with AnyLogic -- Modifying a Simple Sample Model | Standalone -- No supplemental material required | |
| Building a Minimalist Network-Based Model Framework | Standalone -- No supplemental material required | |
| Incorporating Attribute Heterogeneity Among Agents | Standalone -- No supplemental material required | |
| A Simple Network Based Infection Spread Model | Standalone -- No supplemental material required | |
| A Simple Model exhibiting Two Populations Using One Agent Class | Standalone -- No supplemental material required | |
| Calibration Exercise: Extending a Calibration | Zipped model for debugging exercise Mystery Infectious Prevalence for calibration Mystery Incident Cases |
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| A Debugging Exercise | Standalone -- No supplemental material required |
Material from other lectures and tutorials outside of the scope of this course (including a full semester course on System Dynamics modeling for health policy using stock and flow models) can be accessed here.
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