QSS 30.07 Simulating Social Systems: Complexity and Society

In this course we will learn the science and art of "agent-based modeling," the simulation of social phenomena with computer models. Social outcomes seem complex, but that complexity often results from many agents following very simple rules. We will discover the science of spontaneous social order, learning to program in a simple computer language for writing social simulations, and studying models by sociologists, economists, psychologists, political scientists, philosophers, historians, and even computer scientists and physicists.

Instructor

Frey

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC

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