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PyCX: a Python-based simulation code repository for complex systems education

both complex systems simulation and computer programming simultaneously. The core philosophy of PyCX is on the simplicity, readability, generalizability and pedagogical values of simulation codes. PyCX ... philosophy of PyCX is therefore placed on the simplicity, readability, generalizability and pedagogical values of simulation codes. This is often achieved even at the cost of computational speed, efficiency or

A computational treatment of generalized reference

Michaelson in The stanford encyclopedia of philosophy: winter 2014 edition. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/reference/, 2014). This allows for reference with and without language. In a similar vein, Database ... from philosophy.4 The type of a concept describes the necessary properties, while an associated token is an instantiation with certain additional accidental5 properties. As an example consider the

Using Single-Case Participatory Action Research as a Methodology to Explore Appalachian Summer Camp Communities

Community educators have long known the value of direct experience in the learning process. Participatory action research extends this philosophy to the realm of research. This article examines the ... model for community engagement?extends this philosophy to the realm of research. PAR involves researchers and participants in the collaborative design and implementation of community development projects

Connecting general education programming with regionally-engaged learning economies: The results of a community inquiry and dialogue

There is a growing effort to more intentionally situate higher education as an anchor institution within a larger regional, social, political, and economic ecosystem. This paper describes the civic ... Gulf Coast University has many indirect social, political, and economic benefits. The purpose of this inquiry was to identify intentional opportunities and potential barriers to collaboration between the

Human development dynamics: an agent based simulation of macro social systems and individual heterogeneous evolutionary games

political-cultural effects of heterogeneous, spatial intra-societal economic transactions. We then explore a new human development dynamics (HDD) model behavior via quasi-global simulation methods to identify ... political change behavior. Results: Our preliminary results suggest strong nonlinear path dependence and complexity in three areas: adaptive development processes, co-evolutionary societal transactions and

Regional Engagement at a Crossroads: The Intersection of Neoliberalism, Access, and Democratic Engagement

between access to new markets and democratic access for social, political, and economic inclusion. This theoretical framework will help practitioners maintain forms of regional engagement that support the ... associated within the aspirational goals of inclusion (Thomas & Levine, 2011) . Equal access to a full range of areas in the social, political, and economic spheres is considered a normative requirement of

Location as Vocation: An Urban College's Engagement with Their Somali Neighbors

religion, biology, political science, business marketing, and philosophy, with career aspirations that included medicine, scientific research, law, and advertising. Students were not necessarily interested ... relationships, within communities that have particular physical and social structures that are affected by broad economic and political forces” (Bliss, 2010, p.3) . Reporting for the Health Department, Bliss

False data injection attack (FDIA): an overview and new metrics for fair evaluation of its countermeasure

China was behind hack on parliament, political parties-sources, Reuters . https://www.reuters.com/article/us‑australia ‑ china ‑ cyber‑ exclusive/exclusive‑australia ‑ concluded ‑ china ‑ was ‑behin d ... ‑hack ‑ on‑parliament ‑political‑parties‑sources‑idUSKBN1W00VF Accessed 11 Jan 2020 Rahman MA , Venayagamoorthy GK ( 2018 ) A survey on the effects of false data injection attack on energy market ,” in

Toward a Deeper Appreciation of Participatory Epistemology in Community-based Participatory Research

pragmatic style for working with communities, especially without consideration for the necessary philosophy, does not provide members with sufficient support to realize completely their plans. Therefore, the ... message is that the philosophy at the root of a true community-based project should not be overlooked, that is, the anti-dualism that is assumed by participation (Murphy and Schlaerth, 2015). Not even the

Personal vs. know-how contacts: which matter more in wiki elections?

turnout of voters. Moreover, Wikipedia page views, media news, and some details of political parties can influence the voting of parties participating in elections. Different interesting observations have ... new space for political behavior: political social networking and its democratic consequences . J Comput Commun 19 ( 3 ): 414 - 429 Brady WJ , Wills JA , Jost JT , Tucker JA , Van Bavel JJ ( 2017

A Crucible Moment and the Current State of Engagement: A Conversation with Caryn McTighe Musil

disengagement in the political system (p. 1). These troubling signs suggest that many of American democracy’s fundamental tenets, which Brown (2011) describes as “institutions and practices of equal opportunity ... concern about the role of the government in supporting “action civics.” Finn’s implication that A Crucible Moment supports political and social activism has been echoed by others who decry what they see as

A Crucible Moment and the Current State of Engagement: A Conversation with Caryn McTighe Musil

disengagement in the political system (p. 1). These troubling signs suggest that many of American democracy’s fundamental tenets, which Brown (2011) describes as “institutions and practices of equal opportunity ... concern about the role of the government in supporting “action civics.” Finn’s implication that A Crucible Moment supports political and social activism has been echoed by others who decry what they see as

Developing a Short-term International Study-abroad Program: From Beginning to End

Development Host Country Nursing Study-abroad Program The first step in developing the study-abroad program was the selection of the host country. Grenada was chosen because of its stable political ... democratic political government with a Westminster-style parliament. Grenada’s population numbers about 104,000 (World Health Organization, 2012) , comprising people of African, East Indian, and European

Generalized Thompson sampling for sequential decision-making and causal inference

1998; Kahneman 2003) , game theory (McKelvey and Palfrey 1995, 1998; Wolpert 2004) , political science (Jones 2003) , industrial organization (Spiegler 2011) , computer science and artificial ... : Entropy and search theory. In Maximum entropy and Bayesian methods in inverse problems . Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag; 1985 . Jones BD : Bounded rationality and political science: lessons from public

Developing first-year university student leadership: Leadership development in a short term service-learning program

current trends in service-learning. He commented on the privileging of what he refers to as the cultural and political dimensions of service-learning. According to Butin, the cultural dimension refers to ... the promotion of values such as diversity and citizenship while the political dimension refers to efforts to promote social change and address issues of community inequality. In many ways, Butin?s

Developing first-year university student leadership: Leadership development in a short term service-learning program

current trends in service-learning. He commented on the privileging of what he refers to as the cultural and political dimensions of service-learning. According to Butin, the cultural dimension refers to ... the promotion of values such as diversity and citizenship while the political dimension refers to efforts to promote social change and address issues of community inequality. In many ways, Butin’s

Helping At Risk Women Transition Back Home

Specialist and owner of Artfully Yours Studio; Laura Newhart, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion; Dr. Jaleh Rezaie, Associate Dean, STEM-H Institute; Elizabeth Wachtel, Acting ... ; Laura Newhart, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion; Dr. Jaleh Rezaie, Associate Dean, STEM-H Institute; Elizabeth Wachtel, Acting Vice President for Enrollment Management

Multidisciplinary applications of complex networks modeling, simulation, visualization, and analysis

interactions for science and philosophy . Early view. Foundations Sci 2013 . [http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.2827] Gershenson C , Prokopenko M : Complex networks . Artif Life 2011 , 17 ( 4 ): 259 - 261 . [http

United by Language, Literacy and Learning: Creating spaces in schools to support refugee literacy

ideological practice (rather than an “autonomous” or neutral set of skills) that is grounded in and influenced by social, historical, political, and economic factors. The research indicates that the primary

MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transportation Authority) and ME: A Tale of Regional Engagement

sophomore-level global issues class, facilitated by Political Science faculty and is currently an option in the common core social science area. This project was developed by a team made up of the course ... for a service-learning project to be housed in the college’s Global Issues course. POLS 2401 is a second-year course that at that time primarily served the program of study for Political Science majors