Modeling and Simulation of Social Systems Fall 2018 – Research Plan (Template)

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• Group Name: (be creative!)
• Group participants names: (alphabetically sorted by last name)
• Project Title: (can be changed later)
• Programming language: (Python or MATLAB)

General Introduction

(States your motivation clearly: why is it important / interesting to solve this problem?) (Add real-world examples, if any) (Put the problem into a historical context, from what does it originate? Are there already some proposed solutions?)

The Model

(Define dependent and independent variables you want to study. Say how you want to measure them.) (Why is your model a good abstraction of the problem you want to study?) (Are you capturing all the relevant aspects of the problem?)

Fundamental Questions

(At the end of the project you want to find the answer to these questions) (Formulate a few, clear questions. Articulate them in sub-questions, from the more general to the more specific. )

Expected Results

(What are the answers to the above questions that you expect to find before starting your research?)

References

(Add the bibliographic references you intend to use) (Explain possible extension to the above models) (Code / Projects Reports of the previous year)

Research Methods

(Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Model, Continuous Modeling...) (If you are not sure here: 1. Consult your colleagues, 2. ask the teachers, 3. remember that you can change it afterwards)

Other

(mention datasets you are going to use)

Reproducibility

Light test

(step by step instructions to reproduce your results. Keep in mind that people reading this should accomplish to reproduce your work within 10 minutes. It needs to be self-contained and easy to use. e.g. git clone URL_PROY; cd URL_PROY; python3 main.py --light_test (#--light test runs in less than 5minutes with up to date hardware). Avoid obscure libraries for this test.)

Full test

(step by step instructions to reproduce all your results.)