The main topics for Weeks 5 and Week 6 are iteration and algorithm efficiency.
- New NetLogo commands:
- to-report
- while ask-concurrent
- print write word
- all? any? count
- hatch
- Reading Assignment: Explore, in the dictionary, the NetLogo commands for input and out as well as the hatch command and agentset commands. Read in the programmers guide about reporters.
- New Algorithmics Concepts: iteration, Asymptotic complexity and the “big Oh” notation.
- Simulation/NetLogo Concepts: How to make a simulation run fast(er) — comparing different ways of accomplishing the same goal. Also the production and consumption of resources.