Watch Current Video List All Videos ✓ What is Agent-Based Modeling and Why Should You Use It? How to Use Complexity Explorer Unit 1 Forum Introduce Yourself ✓ An Initial Exploration General Discussion Forum Unit 1 Forum ✓ An Initial Exploration (4:21) Download Video Subtitles & Transcripts ✓ Welcome from Instructor Anamaria Berea (0:58) Download Video ✓ Welcome from Teaching Assistant Kasia Samson (0:22) Download Video ✓ Information on versions of NetLogo used in this course (7:18) Download Video Subtitles & Transcripts ✓ Three Rules (6:53) Download Video Subtitles & Transcripts ✓ An Introduction from Uri Wilensky (15:15) Download Video Subtitles & Transcripts ✓ An Initial Exploration Quiz ✓ Course Overview Unit 1 Forum General Discussion Forum ✓ Course Structure (4:03) Download Video Subtitles & Transcripts ✓ Assignments (5:54) Download Video Subtitles & Transcripts ✓ Participant Poll ✓ What is Agent-Based Modeling? 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