Following up on my cluster analysis post, I’m just wading right in to more types of modelling analysis, and seeing what I find. I’m totally ignorant in this area, so even stumbling across new words connected with modelling analysis will help to point me in the right direction.
Clustering is very spatial in nature, which is why I initially thought about it. Aggregation is a spatial phenomenon, so it makes sense to look for what I think of as visual analysis techniques. At the same time, I would love to get to the bottom of some of those math heavy physics models. I think having the math chops helps build credibility.
Looking for information about multi-agent model analysis on google, the first new term I came across was ‘multiscale analysis’. But what is this multiscale analysis? So far, that remains elusive. Mostly I’ve found pages that have only introduced more new terms. For instance this site talks aobut multiscale analysis of Markov Decision Processes. This site is the syllabus for a math course that talks a bit about multiscale analysis. Meanwhile, the Bath Institute for Complex systems has BICS, a summer school that teaches people about multi-scale analysis. Unfortunately, after all of that, I still have no clue what multi-scale analysis actually is!
Continuing the more general search for analysis
techniques, I came across this site, which
focuses on analyzing multi-agent systems mathematically, rather than using
simulations to see what the system will do. This isn’t exactly what I’m
after, since I want information on how to analyze my *simulation*
mathematically, but the articles listed might suggest some useful
modelling concepts, nonetheless.
posted at 19:37 on Wed, 11 Jan, 2006 |
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