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SUMMARY:Simulating environmental systems:  the benefits of being discrete 
 - Mike Bithell\, Department of Geography
DTSTART:20131015T181500Z
DTEND:20131015T203000Z
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CONTACT:Peter Watson
DESCRIPTION:Many things that we encounter in the natural world are made up
  of individual separate objects – scree slopes are made from individual 
 smaller rock fragments\, forests from individual trees and society from in
 dividual people. The interactions between these discrete components lead t
 o complex systems in which\, over time\, larger-scale structures emerge fr
 om the smaller.  Using computer simulation we can explore the behaviour th
 at results by directly modelling every rock\, or every tree or every perso
 n. These models promise to help us understand better how people interact w
 ith the natural world at a time when society faces increasing environmenta
 l challenges.
LOCATION:MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
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