Hey, Vladimyr - I'm not in Santa Fe - I'm at UNC Charlotte, near the other coast - but I also work with complex systems and such. If you're not familiar with it, NetLogo is an excellent toolset for rapid prototyping of agent-based systems. They continually update it, it's free, and there's tons of support, so you can learn programming pretty easily in it.
A good book might be M. Mitchell's newest: Complexity: A Guided Tour. Well written and thorough. Also, I always recommend Steve Johnson's Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software. A little more towards the general audience, but some excellent examples of CAS. I'm sure others will have some good recommends as well. Good luck! -Ted On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky <vbur...@shaw.ca>wrote: > Hi, > > I am interested in communicating with people already working with > Complexity. > > As a scientist formerly working in epidemiology and more recently in > robotics, I have become increasingly interested in Non-linear problems. > > Unfortunately my background is basically inappropriate and would like a > little advice on how to get set up working with Autonomous Agents. > > Hopefully, some one can provide a little guidance. My background is rather > complex and does include some programming efforts over the years but AA is > a big leap from machine motion programs. Some day I may be able to make a > significant contribution to the field using my few talents. > > > > I would like to travel to Santa Fe and listen in on your lecture series. > > Vladimyr > > > > > > > > *Dr.Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky* > > *Ph.D.(Civil **Eng.**), M.Sc.(Mech.Eng.), M.Sc.(Biology)* > > *120-1053 Beaverhill Blvd.* > > *Winnipeg**, **Manitoba* > > *CANADA** R2J 3R2* > > *(204) 2548321 Phone/Fax* > > *vbur...@shaw.ca* <vbur...@shaw.ca> > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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