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Coincidentally, I mentioned this recently in response to a thread about how traffic jams form: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2295135 http://news.ycombinat
by arctangent 16y ago
Coincidentally, I mentioned this recently in response to a thread about how traffic jams form: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2295135 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2295135
I picked up the book over ten years ago and it has had a huge influence on the way I think about things.
- cma 16y agoPick up Thomas Schelling's Micro Motives and Macro Behavior; he originated many of these models (the most mind-blowing to me was that a small segregation preference among individuals balloons into way more segregation than was desired just because of physical constraints inherent in the geometry of neighborhoods).
- jacques_chester 16y agoIt's in my back log.
- jacques_chester 16y agoI did a course on modelling complex systems for my honours studies; this was one of the recommended readings. I'm glad I bought it. Most books about systems modelling refer to one of the commercial modelling programs. Or they are quite generic and hand-wavy. The nice thing about TTATJ is that the software (NetLogo) is downloadable[1]. The book is on the Kindle too, which is convenient. [1] http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/ http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
- taylorbuley 16y agoI love modeling traffic jams. Was one of my first hands-on experiments with NetLogo. If you're like me, you might find interesting this recent paper on the topic of the economics of parking: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2277553 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2277553