![]() My name is and today, we're going to talk about how to build agent based models in the NetLogo environment. While the emphasis will be on obesity, the goal will be to explore ways in which the systems approach can be applied to other non-communicable diseases both nationally and internationally.Ī) the epidemiology of obesity across time and place,ī) theories to explain population obesity,Ĭ) the role of environments and economic resources in obesityĬ) basic concepts and tools of systems science,ĭ) modeling energy-balance related behaviors in context,Į) agent-based models, systems dynamic models, and social network models View Syllabus The central organizing idea of the course is to examine the obesity epidemic at a population level as an emergent properties of complex, nested systems, with attention to feedback processes, multilevel interactions, and the phenomenon of emergence. There will also be a lab in which students will use a simple demonstration model of food acquisition behavior using agent-based modeling on standard (free) software (netlogo). This seminar is designed to introduce students to basic tools of theory building and data analysis in systems science and to apply those tools to better understand the obesity epidemic in human populations. However, it is just beginning to impact public health. Systems science has been instrumental in breaking new scientific ground in diverse fields such as meteorology, engineering and decision analysis.
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