Homework 0: Netlogo
Introduction
This homework is meant to guide you through the basics of Netlogo. Netlogo will be used throughout the course, and it is very important you spend some time interacting with the interface and doing some initial codes. Luckily, Netlogo’s team has created a very nice intro tutorial to their tool. Therefore, the task for this first week is that you will go through the three tutorials provided in their official website.
To find the tutorials, go to the following link and check the left panel.
https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/
Go through the tutorials, and make sure you understand the basics of Netlogo and its interface. This assignment is not going to be graded, but going through the tutorials will help you follow up with the next lectures.
Tutorial #1
Tutorial #1 is about the Models Library and will give you some idea of how the Interface tab of Netlogo works. This tutorial will guide you through the settings for the world also.
Tutorial #2
Tutorial #2 will provide you with the first lines of commands for observing models and changing the look of a simple traffic simulation.
Tutorial #3
Tutorial #3 is about procedures, that is, a set of instructions grouped together to perform a specific task or operation. It will also guide you through the Code tab of Netlogo, where the real heart of the models are.
This homework won’t be graded. Nevertheless, it is an obligatory activity that will certainly influence your learning process and fatally your final grade at the end of the (short) semester.
Submission
No need for submission.