Theme:
1. Artefacts, Buildings & Ecofacts
Title:
Agent-based Modelling for Archaeologists
Content:
In the last few years simulation approaches, such as agent-based modelling, have become increasingly popular among archaeologists. The aim of this workshop is to provide an introduction to agent-based modelling for archaeologists who have no previous experience in building archaeological simulations. Participants will finish the workshop with an understanding of agent-based modelling methods and the essential functionality of NetLogo.
The workshop will focus on explaining the process of developing a simulation as well as provide a practical hands-on introduction to NetLogo - an open-source platform for building agent-based models. NetLogo’s user-friendly interface, simple coding language and a vast library of model examples make it an ideal starting point for entry-level modellers, as well as a useful prototyping tool for more experienced programmers. The first part of the workshop will be devoted to demonstrating the basics of modelling with NetLogo through newly developed open educational resources. These are guided tutorials that will take you through the NetLogo software and show you how to model with it, developed as part of the Erasmus+ project - Agent-Based Modelling for Archaeologists.
This introduction will give each participant enough skills and confidence to tackle the second exercise of the day: building an archaeologically-inspired simulation in a small group. Here we follow the popular concept of a “Hack-a-Thon” where participants aim to code a problem in small groups. The aim is for participants to work together to solve an archaeological problem. In this way, participants will walk away from the workshop with a piece of working code that they can use in future research.
No previous coding experience is necessary. Please bring your laptop along and install NetLogo beforehand: https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/download.shtml
Keywords:
Agent Based Modelling, Simulation, computing, vocational skills
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
yes
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Doug Rocks-Macqueen (United Kingdom) 1
Co-organisers:
Ronald Visser (Netherlands) 2
Laura van der Knaap (Netherlands) 3
Karsten Lambers (Netherlands) 3
Affiliations:
1. Landward Research
2. Saxion | University of Applied Sciences
3. Leiden University
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