Labs Available Here
Three types of labs are available here:
(a) Models I have developed for use by the students.
(b) Models developed by others which I have modified if original model grants permission to distribute modified versions.
(c) Models developed by others for which I have developed exercises for my students.
Models:
ZI Trading
IPD
EvolIPD
WealthDist
SmallWorld
Lab Sites
ZI Trader Model
Run the model in your browser
Latest Update: Sept. 20, 2008
Allows you to run the model in your browser. The applet requires Java 1.4.1 or higher. It will not run on Windows 95 or Mac OS 8 or 9. Mac users must have OS X 10.2.6 or higher and use a browser that supports Java 1.4. (Safari works, IE on the Mac does not. Mac OS X comes with Safari. Open Safari and set it as your default
web browser under Safari/Preferences/General.) On other operating systems, you may obtain the latest Java plugin from Sun's Java site.
If you want to download the NetLogo model and run it on your own computer you must have a copy of NetLogo 4.0.3 or later installed on your system to use the model. See NetLogo to get the latest version.
Related Teaching Resources
Lab Exercise
Click here to download the lab exercise as a PDF file. The lab provides an exercise for Principles of Microeconomics based on the ZI Trading model.
Screencast Tutorial
Click here to watch a short tutorial on how to run the zero-intelligence trading model (Tutorial is currently unavailable 11.22.08). The tutorial requires that you have Quicktime installed. If you do not have Quicktime, click here to download and install it.
Homework Exercise
Click here to download the homework as a PDF file. The homework provides an exercise centered on using the ZI Trading Model and the results of the Lab Exercise
Iterated PD Model
This is a modified version of one of the sample models in the NetLogo distribution. The modifications allow the user to set the number of rounds the repeated play game is to execute.
Run the model in your browser
Last Modified: September 20, 2008
The link above allows you to run the model in your browser. The applet requires Java 1.4.1 or higher. It will not run on Windows 95 or Mac OS 8 or 9. Mac users must have OS X 10.2.6 or higher and use a browser that supports Java 1.4. (Safari works, IE does not. Mac OS X comes with Safari. Open Safari and set it as your default web browser under Safari/Preferences/General.) On other operating systems, you may obtain the latest Java plugin from Sun's Java site.
If you want to download the NetLogo model and run it on your own computer you must have a copy of NetLogo 4.0.3 or later installed on your system to use the model. See NetLogo to get the latest version.
Related Teaching Resources
Click here to download a PDF of the lab exercise. The lab provides an exercise for Principles of Microeconomics based on the evolutionary PD model.
Screencast Tutorial
Click here to watch a screencast on how to run the iterated prisoner's dilemma model (Screencast is currently unavailable 11.22.08). The tutorial requires that you have Quicktime installed. If you do not have Quicktime, click here to download and install it.
Homework Exercise
Click here to download a PDF of the homework exercise. The homework provides an exercise centered on using the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Model and the results of the Lab Exercise
Evolutionary PD Model
This is a Library Model in the NetLogo distribution.
Run the model in your browser
The link above takes you to the Netlogo pages where you can click on a link to run the model in your browser. The applet requires Java 1.4.1 or higher. It will not run on Windows 95 or Mac OS 8 or 9. Mac users must have OS X 10.2.6 or higher and use a browser that supports Java 1.4. (Safari works, IE does not. Mac OS X comes with Safari. Open Safari and set it as your default web browser under Safari/Preferences/General.) On other operating systems, you may obtain the latest Java plugin from Sun's Java site.
If you want to download the NetLogo model and run it on your own computer you must have a copy of NetLogo 4.0.3 or later installed on your system to use the model. See NetLogo to get the latest version.
Related Teaching Resources
Click here to download a PDF of the lab exercise. The lab provides an exercise for Principles of Microeconomics based on the Iterated PD model.
Screencast Tutorial
Click here to watch a screencast on how to run the evolutionary PD model (Screencast is currently unavailable 11.22.08). The tutorial requires that you have Quicktime installed. If you do not have Quicktime, click here to download and install it.
Homework Exercise
No homework exercise available.
Wealth Distribution Model
This is a Library Model in the NetLogo distribution. The model is adapted from Epstein and Axtell's Sugarscape model. Agents use grain instead of sugar.
Run the model in your browser
The link above takes you to the Netlogo pages where you can click on a link to run the model in your browser. The applet requires Java 1.4.1 or higher. It will not run on Windows 95 or Mac OS 8 or 9. Mac users must have OS X 10.2.6 or higher and use a browser that supports Java 1.4. (Safari works, IE does not. Mac OS X comes with Safari. Open Safari and set it as your default web browser under Safari/Preferences/General.) On other operating systems, you may obtain the latest Java plugin from Sun's Java site.
If you want to download the NetLogo model and run it on your own computer you must have a copy of NetLogo 4.0.3 or later installed on your system to use the model. See NetLogo to get the latest version.
Related Teaching Resources
Click here to download a PDF of the lab exercise. The lab provides an exercise for Principles of Microeconomics based on the Iterated PD model.
Screencast Tutorial
Click here to watch a screencast on how to run the wealth distribution model (Screencast is currently unavailable 11.22.08). The tutorial requires that you have Quicktime installed. If you do not have Quicktime, click here to download and install it.
Homework Exercise
No homework exercise available.
Bilateral Trade Small World Model
An implementation of bilateral exchange in small worlds based on work by Wilhite (2001).
Run the model in your browser
Latest Update: Dec. 13, 2008
Allows you to run the model in your browser. The applet requires Java 1.4.1 or higher. It will not run on Windows 95 or Mac OS 8 or 9. Mac users must have OS X 10.2.6 or higher and use a browser that supports Java 1.4. (Safari works, IE on the Mac does not. Mac OS X comes with Safari. Open Safari and set it as your default
web browser under Safari/Preferences/General.) On other operating systems, you may obtain the latest Java plugin from Sun's Java site.
If you want to download the NetLogo model and run it on your own computer you must have a copy of NetLogo 4.0.4 or later installed on your system to use the model. See NetLogo to get the latest version.
Related Teaching Resources
Lab Exercise
Click here to download the lab exercise as a PDF file. The lab provides an exercise for Principles of Microeconomics based on the ZI Trading model.
Screencast Tutorial
Click here to watch a short tutorial on how to run the bilateral exchange small world model (Tutorial is currently unavailable 11.29.08). The tutorial requires that you have Quicktime installed. If you do not have Quicktime, click here to download and install it.
Homework Exercise
Click here to download the homework as a PDF file. The homework provides an exercise centered on using the ZI Trading Model and the results of the Lab Exercise
Lab Sites
The following are other websites agent-based computational labs that are available for use.
Tesfatsion's Computational Lab
Prof. Tesfatsion has a thorough web page of both demos developed at Iowa State and links to other available materials.
NetLogo Community Page
The collection of models submitted by NetLogo users. There are many models applicable to economics available here.
If you know of any other computational labs for economics let me know and I'll add them to the list.