CHROMATIN: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
PART I TOOLS AND CONCEPTS 1 COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS 2 INTRODUCTION TO MODELING 3 THE LOGIC OF PROGRAMMING 4 INTRODUCTION TO NETLOGO PART II GETTING STARTED WITH SOME CLASSICS 5 CELLULAR AUTOMATA 6 SOCIAL DYNAMICS 7 MOVEMENTS AND PATTERNS 8 SUGARSCAPE PART III MODEL ANALYSIS 9 DOING RESEARCH WITH MODELS 10 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES 11 SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS 12 COMPARING SIMULATED DATA WITH EMPIRICAL DATA CONTENTS PART IV ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT 13 POPULATION ECOLOGY 14 GOVERNING THE COMMONS 15 MANAGING RANGELANDS PART V DIFFUSION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE 16 NETWORKS 17 EPIDEMICS 18 DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS 19 FADS AND FASHIONS ?PART ?I? TOOLS AND CONCEPTS THIS PART OF THE BOOK INTRODUCES BASIC CONCEPTS USED IN THE REST OF THE BOOK LIKE COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS, AND EMERGENCE WE WILL ALSO INTRODUCE THE BASICS OF PROGRAMMING AND THE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE WE WILL USE IN THIS BOOK: NETLOGO ?CHAPTER ?1? ?COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS? KEY CONCEPTS BY THE END OF THIS CHAPTER YOU WILL 1 KNOW THE DEFINITIONS OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS, EMERGENCE, AND STIGMERGY 2 KNOW EXAMPLES OF THESE CONCEPTS A LITTLE ANT IS WALKING ON THE SANDY SOIL OF ARIZONA LOOKING FOR FOOD THE FOOD IS MEANT FOR FEEDING THE BROOD THAT IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY OTHER ANTS IN THE COLONY DIFFERENT ANTS HAVE DIFFERENT TASKS IN THE COLONY, AND THE ANT WE ARE FOLLOWING IS CHARGED WITH LEAVING THE NEST EVERY DAY IN SEARCH OF FOOD THE AMAZING ASPECT OF ANT COLONIES IS THAT SUCH A COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE EXISTS THAT IS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE QUEEN OR A SMALL GROUP OF BUREAUCRATIC ANTS THERE IS ALSO NO PLAN OR A TO-DO LIST THAT THE ANTS ARE FOLLOWING NO, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ANT COLONY EMERGES OUT OF THE LOCAL INTERACTIONS AMONG THE ANTS THE ANT WE OBSERVE FOLLOWS A TRAIL OF PHEROMONES, INDICATING THAT OTHER ANTS OF THE COLONY HAVE FOUND FOOD NEARBY AND DROPPED THE PHEROMONES ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE NEST THEREFORE, THE USE OF PHEROMONES IS A WAY IN WHICH ANTS COMMUNICATE TO OTHERS, “FOLLOW MY TRAIL, AND YOU MAY FIND FOOD ” THE PHEROMONE TRAIL WILL EVAPORATE AT A CERTAIN SPEED, AND WILL THEREFORE ONLY BE OF LIMITED USE IF OTHER ANTS DO NOT FOLLOW THIS TRAIL, BRING BACK FOOD,