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Reflections

  • Oct. 15

    Today I learned about Office Ethics and how to think in a computational method. I did already learn all this before in SSP and other workshops I went to. In the morning, Ron Broadnax showed us how to act in a business environment. It was nearly identical to the Office Ethics unit during SSP. After lunch, Dr. Panoff showed us the Expectation, Observation, and Reflection way of thinking.

  • Oct. 22

    Today we went over the general way of thinking for computational modeling. We used this mindset to learn the basics of excel programming. I didn’t know that excel could be used for a variety of problems. We also learned that there is no random things on computers through a rabbits and wolves program. A speaker also came who used to work at NASA and she told us about the programs she made about her experiences.

  • Nov. 5

    We learned about the basics of modeling through Microsoft Excel. We went over important terms related to computer science that we learned the previous weeks, along with adding new terms as we went along. When we were guided through the creation of a color grid in excel, we learned the basics of conditional flow and booleans. I enjoyed the development of the color grid because it was interesting to see how we could use a spreadsheet tool to develop a model.

  • Nov. 12

    Today we learned about the concept of Have = Had + Change. We worked on this through several Models we created in class. We made a popluation model in excel that would graph the data, along with formulas that would help. We also showed the Have = Had + Change concept in rabbit model. The factors in the model included the carrying capacity, birth and death rate and several other attributes.

  • Nov. 19

    Today we learned how Agent models are different form system models. We were introdced to agentCubesOnline. I had already learned how to use agentcubesonline during SSP, and I was glad to review it. We created a disease model through agent cubes with mainly conditional flow. It was very intersting to see how different conditionals could affect the behavior of individuals in the model.