A Semester of Spatial Agent-based Models

So draws an end of another semester and as it is becoming a bit of tradition, here is a post highlighting some of the class projects from my graduate class  entitled "Spatial Agent-based Models of Human-Environment Interactions". As with many of my courses, students were expected to complete a end of semester project, in this case, develop an agent-based model that explores some aspect of related to the course theme of human-environment interactions.  

For several of the students this was their first exposure to either agent-based modeling or utilizing geographical information in the modeling process. In the movie below a selection of these projects can be seen. The projects ranged from exploring how farming practices impact erosion, water reuse practices within agriculture, to the spread of diseases, deciding to evacuate during a disaster, to that of war gaming or how  zooplankton impacts Basking Shark shoaling behavior. As can be seen the movie, the models ranged from abstract spatial representations to those utilizing geographical information as a foundation of their artificial worlds. Many of the models where created using NetLogo (including one using LevelSpace) while others chose to utilize MASON or Mesa.

I would like to thank the Students of CSS 645: Spatial Agent-based Models of Human-Environment Interactions for their participation both in person and virtually in the class.