For the current homework, I’m only expecting you to go up to, but not including, the “Batch run” section of the tutorial. All the things you turn in will deal with individual simulations (the specific plot of the specific agent populations in cells at the end of one specific run, and the Gini coefficient over…

Apparently I had an inconsistency in my postings about the next homework. It will be due Thursday the 21st at midnight.

Hit me up from 1-2pm; I’ve put the Zoom invite in Canvas.

I will be swamped all day dealing with the faculty & administration drama I mentioned before spring break. I hate to cancel class, but this simply has to take priority or our department soon might not exist in its current form. Please download the reading check on your own, time yourself at 6 minutes, and…

This homework, due on Thursday at midnight next week, involves going through the Mesa tutorial, and extending the Boltzmann wealth model we began in class. As always, starting early is a great idea, and starting late is an awful idea. But you knew that.

Quiz #3 has been posted to Canvas, and is due by Friday at midnight. You may be interested to know that this quiz contains no material on ABMs, only the stuff we did before that (up until and including the first Tuesday before spring break). Beware the Ides of March!

Remember, when you compute frac_susc, you’re asking “how diluted with potential victims is the population that an infectious person encounters when they walk around in society?” Basically, “who’s walking around the mall?” Ask yourself: Are susceptible people walking around the mall? Are exposed people? Are infected people? Are vaccinated people? Are quarantined people, regardless of…

It was brought to my attention that although I had posted reading check #10 on the Readings tab, I didn’t have it on the XP tab before Thursday. If you didn’t see the Readings tab and hence were unaware that there was a chapter assigned for Thursday 2/29, you may write me a one-paragraph summary…

Because of (reasons), I’m switching my Thursday office hours for today and the rest of the semester from 1-2pm to 3:30-4:30pm. This has been a public service announcement.

From yesterday’s class, the parameter sweep version of the SIR simulation has been posted to the class github repo.

And boy is it a doozy! Make sure you read this assignment and start thinking about it right away! Do not be lulled to sleep by the seemingly-distant deadline!

Today’s office hours will be 3:30-4:30pm instead of the usual 1-2pm. Sorry for any inconvenience. Email, as always, is open any time.

Here’s my solution to today’s challenge exercise.

Quiz #2 has been posted to Canvas, and is due Friday night. Good luck!

I have posted a reflective writing assignment worth up to +20XP. It’s due on Friday March 1st. Show me your lucidity and brilliance!

Today’s final furnace model has been posted to the class github repo.

If you’re doing the second (harder) part of problem 2 on the homework, go ahead and plot the S stock in units of μg/ml, not μg; in other words, divide by the plasma volume for S just as you’re doing for D. This way they can be plotted commensurately.

Here’s the announcement for Summit LLC’s April 12-14 DataFest® location, and the other dates and locations for the nation-wide competition. If you’re interested in participating, send me an email before Thursday’s class so I can see whether there’s enough critical mass to warrant organizing an event. I’ll award up to +20XP for student DataFest entries…

I have pushed our latest version of the aliens vs. vampires code, which implemented logistic growth, to the class github repo. git pull away!

Our first homework assignment involving System Dynamics models has been posted, and is due next Friday, Feb. 16th at midnight. Start early and don’t be shy about seeking help!

The first version of our drugs simulation has been posted, and is ready to be git pulled.

Quiz #1 has been posted to Canvas, and is due by midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 7th. Tip: going through the week 2 and week 3 readings again would be an outstanding way to make sure you’re prepared for the quiz.

Those interested in working in high-tech for actual wages may be interested in the following career-related activities coming up soon: Career Connections (Thursday, Feb 8th, CRUC’s Chandler Ballroom) The NSWC Dahlgren job fair (Tuesday, Feb 13th, Fredericksburg Convention Center)

The aliens vs. vampires code from today has been posted to the class github repo. If you did a git clone as recommended for the “Python workout” assignment, you should be able to just follow that up with a git pull and the new file (aliensVamps.py) should be sucked into your workspace.

Both the NumPy tutorial and Silver’s 2020 preface to TSATN are fair game for Thursday’s reading check.

If you’d like to come to virtual office hours today, I’ll be on Zoom from 3:30-4:30pm. The Zoom link has been posted as an announcement in Canvas.

It’s totally fine to make the first speed in your speed array 50mph, and have subsequent speeds adjust from there. You don’t need to start at 0mph.

I was jolted awake at 6am this morning with a violent muscle cramp in my leg. Three ibuprofen, two bananas, and a quart of gatorade later, it’s still so sore I can’t even walk on it more than a few steps. So *sigh* I’m going to have to cancel class for today. So here’s your…

I’m switching my Monday morning 10-11am office hour to Tuesdays 3:30-4:30pm for the rest of the semester. Just an FYI!

Check out this opportunity to practice your numerical calculus concepts and earn up to +10XP (or even +15XP) to boot! It’s due next Thursday, Feb 1st at midnight.

The speed-to-distance-and-back-to-speed code we wrote in class together yesterday has been posted to the class github repo. If you did a git clone as recommended for the “Python workout” assignment, you should be able to just follow that up with a git pull and the new file (roadtrip.py) should be sucked into your workspace.

Btw, the Interlibrary Loan people found a copy of the 2020 version of Nate Silver’s preface, and this will be the subject of Feb 1st’s reading check.