Overview
Topic status: We're looking for students to study this topic.
Consider the following questions:
- How do languages evolve?
- How do ideas spread?
- Can we predict the effects of epidemics?
- How do constraints (spatial, racial, physical borders) affect these dynamics?
We can attempt to address these issues through the use of simulation science. This is done through the construction of a simulation domain, the implementation of a set of rules, and the evolution and motion of objects in that simulation domain.
A variety of projects are offered to address some of the issues above, at both short and long time scales. We will also look to see whether we can capture certain spatial properties and reduce our spatial simulations to simulations that evolve only in time.
Other technical aspects can be considered:
- Computing the equilibrium distribution
- Comparing simulations
- Visualising outputs
- Capturing rare events.
The main aim is the use of simulation science to understand the role of heterogeneity in spatio-temporal processes.
Possible simulation environments include MATLAB, Netlogo, Visual Basic.
References:
- 'Simulation and the Monte-Carlo method', by R.Y. Rubinstein and D.P. Kroese, 2008, Wiley
- 'Markov processes: an introduction for physical scientists', by D.T. Gillespie, 1992, Academic Press.
- 'The Meme Machine', by Susan Blackmore, 1999, Oxford University Press.Investigating the role of heterogeneity in spatial simulation (Area: Simulation Science)
- Study level
- Honours
- Supervisors
- QUT
- Organisational unit
Science and Engineering Faculty
- Research area
- Contact
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Please contact the supervisor.
Dr Pamela Burrage
