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Turtles, termites, and traffic jams : explorations in massively parallel microworlds / Mitchel Resnick.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Series: Complex adaptative systemsPublication details: Cambridge, MA London : MIT, 1997.Description: XVIII, 163 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0262680939
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 003.7
LOC classification:
  • QA 76.58 R434t 1997
Other classification:
  • DAI
Contents:
Part 1 Foundations: introduction; the era of decentralization. Part 2 Constructions: constructionism; LEGO/logo; StarLogo; objects and parallelism. Part 3 Explorations: simulations and stimulations; slime mould; artificial ants; traffic jams; termites; turtles and frogs; turtle ecology; new turtle geometry; forest fire; recursive trees. Part 4 Reflections: the centralized mindset; beyond the centralized mindset. Part 5 Projections: growing up. Appendices: student participants; StarLogo overview.
Summary: This text examines the concept of decentralization and its effects in everday culture. It considers the reasons behind resistance to decentralization, and describes computational methods - such as modelling and simulation - and activities that can help develop new perspectives on decentralization
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) QA 76.58 R434t 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000127280

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Part 1 Foundations: introduction; the era of decentralization. Part 2 Constructions: constructionism; LEGO/logo; StarLogo; objects and parallelism. Part 3 Explorations: simulations and stimulations; slime mould; artificial ants; traffic jams; termites; turtles and frogs; turtle ecology; new turtle geometry; forest fire; recursive trees. Part 4 Reflections: the centralized mindset; beyond the centralized mindset. Part 5 Projections: growing up. Appendices: student participants; StarLogo overview.

This text examines the concept of decentralization and its effects in everday culture. It considers the reasons behind resistance to decentralization, and describes computational methods - such as modelling and simulation - and activities that can help develop new perspectives on decentralization

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