These class materials are now somewhat dated. My most refined & extensive agent based modeling materials collected from across my multiple courses (material from MIT 15.879 that has not been superseded by more refined material) can instead be found here. This alternative page contains the most comprehensive & refined set of materials among my courses on Agent Based Modeling for Health, including hands-on lectures, tutorials regarding the basics of Java (as required for AnyLogic), in-class exercises, individual exercises, and distributes many example models not otherwise included with AnyLogic. Please consult this alternative course for my most refined and comprehensive materials on Agent-based modeling in AnyLogic.
Notice: 2013 Bootcamp: Visitors interested in the materials available here may also be interested in knowing about or registering for the coming Agent-Based Modeling Bootcamp for Health Researchers 2013. The bootcamp will run August 19-24, 2013 and will incorporate a further refined version of most of these materials as well as brainstorming and mentorship sessions to advance participant modeling projects.
This page includes separate tables of materials for both lectures and Java for AnyLogic tutorials; assignments are also available.
Lecture Title & Link to Slides | Screencast (via youtube) | MP3 Audio (.mp3) | |
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Classes, Objects and References | Screencast | Audio | |
Expressions, Values and Variables | Part 2 of this Screencast | Part 2 of this Audio | |
Statements | Part 1 of this Screencast | Audio not yet available -- check back later | |
Java Types and Enums | Part 2 of this Screencast | Audio not available | |
Methods and Functional Abstraction | Screencast | Audio | |
A Few Useful Java Collections | Screencast | Audio | |
Introductory remarks from slides from Java tutorial 7 -- Encapsulation, Interfaces, Subtyping and Subclassing |
Screencast | Audio | |
Reviewing and continuation of slides in Java tutorial 7 -- Encapsulation, Interfaces, Subtyping and Subclassing |
Screencast | Audio | |
A Glimpse of the Specification Pattern | Screencast | Not yet available -- check back soon |
Assignment Title & Link to Slides | Supplemental Materials | Notes |
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Assignment 1 | Standalone -- No supplemental material required | A First Encounter With Anylogic; Modifying A Simple Sample Model
Building a Minimalist Network-Based Model Framework |
Assignment 2 | Standalone -- No supplemental material required | Creating a heterogeneous population
Simulating contagion |
Assignment 3 | Zipped model for debugging exercise Mystery Infectious Prevalence for calibration Mystery Incident Cases |
Extending a calibration experiment
A debugging exercise |
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.
I have placed this information online in hopes that it will be of useful to a broader set of people. Users are welcome to distribute links to this page without restriction. I grant rights of non-commercial reuse (including reposting) of the material I have created for educational purposes, as long as it doesn't conflict with the rights of any other individuals.
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