Complexity Explorer Santa Fe Institute

1.2 What is NetLogo and How do you use it? » Introductory Quiz

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Question 1

Agent-Based Modeling is best used for:

Answer 1

A. Clarifying the relationship between large dynamic properties (stocks) and their interaction with the outside world (flows)

Answer 2

B. Understanding the emergent dynamics of a group of individuals who are interconnected and only have local information

Answer 3

C. Predicting mean-field results of ideal gas systems

Answer 4

D. Forecasting the behavior of a populist dictator

Question 2

________ is one of many agent-based modeling toolkits.

Answer 1

A. Swarm

Answer 2

B. Repast

Answer 3

C. NetLogo

Answer 4

D. All of the Above

Question 3

In the fire model, when a small change in the input variable creates a large change in the output variable, this is called:

Answer 1

A. Leverage Analysis

Answer 2

B. A Tipping Point

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C. Percolation

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D. Backfire

Question 4

Using which of the following methods would it be possible to recreate Schelling's Tipping model?

Answer 1

A. Rewrite it in NetLogo

Answer 2

B. Write the same rules from scratch in python

Answer 3

C. Using a checkerboard, nickels, and pennies

Answer 4

D. All of the Above