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=== Course Structure ===
=== Course Structure ===
When your unit(s) are ready to be reviewed change these placeholders to actual links.  This is the signal that the reviewers will look for; no link, no review.
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! Topic
! Topic
! Unit(s)
! Unit(s)
! Who
! Discipline(s)
! Discipline(s)
! Skill(s)
! Skill(s)
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| What's a Model?
| What's a Model?
| Foundations
| Foundations
| Sam, Mikio
| Generic
| Generic
| TBD
| TBD
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| Using a Dynamic Model
| Using a Dynamic Model
| Fire
| Fire
| Fitz, Vlado
| Forestry
| Forestry
| Critical parameter, parameter sweep
| Critical parameter, parameter sweep
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| Building a Static Model
| Building a Static Model
| Area
| Area
| Philip, Bryan
| Generic
| Generic
| Accuracy, precision, estimation
| Accuracy, precision, estimation
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| Visualizing Data
| Visualizing Data
| Mashup
| Mashup
| Matt, Nate
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
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| Structural Modeling
| Structural Modeling
| Bridge
| Bridge
| Bryan, Dylan
| Physics
| Physics
| TBD
| TBD
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| Equation Modeling
| Equation Modeling
| Rocket
| Rocket
| Vlado
| Math, Physics
| Math, Physics
| TBD
| TBD
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| Modeling Society
| Modeling Society
| People
| People
| Nate, Philip
| Sociology
| Sociology
| TBD
| TBD
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| Systems Dynamics Models
| Systems Dynamics Models
| Systems Dynamics Placeholder
| Systems Dynamics Placeholder
| Matt
| Sociology
| Sociology
| TBD
| TBD
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| Chaotic Systems
| Chaotic Systems
| Climate
| Climate
| Mikio
| Lots
| Lots
| TBD
| TBD

Revision as of 15:30, 11 February 2009

This is meant to be a rough draft of an idea Charlie and I talked about: that we should have a n-by-n matrix of different ideas that we want to make sure we hit. Since an n-by-n matrix is hard to display (especially on a wiki!) it turned into a list instead. Once this is finished, we should make sure that at least one unit addresses each one of these topics.

Initial "dimensions" of the matrix:

Scientific Disciplines

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Geology (earthquakes)
  • Environmental science
  • One of the social sciences

Potentially:

  • Astronomy

Scientific Tools

  • Equation-based modeling
  • Agent-based modeling: Netlogo or AgentSheets
  • Systems-based modeling: Vensim
  • Visualization/visual modeling
  • Mashups and Google Earth

Potentially

  • SecondLife or OpenSim

Foundation Skills

  • Creating a graph
  • Interpreting a graph
  • Basic statistics
  • Estimation
  • Parameter sweep
  • Data collection

Potentially

  • Building a physical model

Thoughts

Some of these should go somewhere, and some of these should be in every unit.

  • What data do I need to collect, how do I collect it accurately, and then how do I build it
    • Perhaps one unit where they have to go out and collect data to see how hard it really is, how about modeling campus (rectangle and heart)
  • Data collection: sensor nets, lasers

Course Structure

When your unit(s) are ready to be reviewed change these placeholders to actual links. This is the signal that the reviewers will look for; no link, no review.

D R A F T
Week Topic Unit(s) Who Discipline(s) Skill(s) Tool(s) Notes
1 What's a Model? Foundations Sam, Mikio Generic TBD TBD
2 Using a Dynamic Model Fire Fitz, Vlado Forestry Critical parameter, parameter sweep Agent modeling, NetLogo
3 Building a Static Model Area Philip, Bryan Generic Accuracy, precision, estimation Mashup Software and physical
4 Visualizing Data Mashup Matt, Nate TBD TBD Mashup Tufte based approach?
5-6 Structural Modeling Bridge Bryan, Dylan Physics TBD TBD Software and physical?
7-8 Equation Modeling Rocket Vlado Math, Physics TBD TBD Software and physical?
9 Modeling Society People Nate, Philip Sociology TBD Agent modeling, NetLogo
10-11 Systems Dynamics Models Systems Dynamics Placeholder Matt Sociology TBD TBD
12-13 Chaotic Systems Climate Mikio Lots TBD TBD

Some would be one week long, some two weeks. Make these into links to the units when they are in "First Draft" form.