Importing a Roman Transport network

2022-Brughmans-002, (Last updated: 2022-12-02)

Authors

Brughmans, Tom (Author, Copyright Holder, Creator)

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Module type

Submodel

Implementation languages

NetLogo

Keywords

Modelling: agent initialisation   world initialisation
Programming: Object-oriented
Regions: Mediterranean   Europe   Middle East   North Africa
Periods: Roman Empire
Subjects: Networks   Social networks   Transport networks   Movement   Trade   Economics

Input and output

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References

Brughmans, Tom. 2018. “Importing a Roman Transport network with Netlogo, Tutorial.”
Brughmans, Tom, and Alessandra Pecci. 2020. “An inconvenient truth. Evaluating the impact of amphora reuse through computational simulation modelling.” In Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy. Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy, edited by Chloë Duckworth and Andrew Wilson, 191–234. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

README

Network structures

by Tom Brughmans (NASSA submission 🚀)

Further information

By Tom Brughmans

First version: Summer 2018

This version created 01/09/2018

Netlogo version used: 6.0.1

Extension used: nw (pre-packaged with Netlogo 6.0.1)

https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/6.0-BETA1/docs/nw.html

Tutorial document availabe as a PDF in the netlogo_implementtion folder

Cite this tutorial as:

Brughmans, T. (2018). Importing a Roman Transport network with Netlogo, Tutorial, https://archaeologicalnetworks.wordpress.com/resources/#transport .

This tutorial provides an introduction to finding and assembling pre-existing code to quickly create complex models. It uses code and data linked to in the https://projectmercury.eu pages. We will create a Roman transport network by reusing existing code that draws on the open access ORBIS dataset (http://orbis.stanford.edu/), we will create alternative network structures by reusing existing code, and we will explore the impact these different network structures have in light of simple economic processes. This tutorial will reveal the importance of not reinventing the wheel, of searching for appropriate existing code and letting your model building be inspired by others’ previous work.

See full list of documentation resources in documentation.