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Simulating Human Agropastoral Activities Using Hybrid Agent-Landscape Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Approach

ContributorsSarjoughian, Hessam S. (Author) / Mayer, Gary R. (Author) / Allen, Eowyn K. (Author)

Created2006

Complexities of Simulating a Hybrid Agent-Landscape Model using Multi-Formalism Composability

ContributorsMayer, Gary R. (Author) / Sarjoughian, Hessam S. (Author)

Created2007

From Narratives to Algorithms: Extending Archaeological Explanation beyond Archaeology

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The static, fragmentary archaeological record requires us to construct models of the human past. Traditionally, these have been narratives that make compelling stories but are difficult to evaluate. Recent advances in geospatial and agent-based modeling technology offers the potential to create quantitative models of human systems, but also challenge us…

The static, fragmentary archaeological record requires us to construct models of the human past. Traditionally, these have been narratives that make compelling stories but are difficult to evaluate. Recent advances in geospatial and agent-based modeling technology offers the potential to create quantitative models of human systems, but also challenge us to conceive of human societies in ways that can be expressed in algorithmic form. Besides making our own explanations more robust, integrating such quantitative modeling into archaeological practice can produce more useful accounts of human systems and their long-term dynamics for other disciplines and policy makers.|abstract

ContributorsBarton, C. Michael (Author)

Created2009

Francis, Robert (Bob)

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Bob Francis grew up in Yuma, Arizona and graduated from ASU. After spending a year teaching high school in Yuma, he returned to ASU in 1970, starting in the Alumni Association. After a few years, he moved to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions where he spent most of his career.…

Bob Francis grew up in Yuma, Arizona and graduated from ASU. After spending a year teaching high school in Yuma, he returned to ASU in 1970, starting in the Alumni Association. After a few years, he moved to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions where he spent most of his career. He retired in 2002.

Important / interesting parts of the interview include:
• The beginning of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions in Part 2
• The changing attitude about the role of the University in marketing itself to students and parents in Part 3
• The role of the Devils’ Advocates played in selling the University in Part 4
• The role Don Dotts and Christine Kajikawa Wilkinson played in Bob’s career in Part 6

ContributorsFrancis, Robert (Bob) (Interviewee) / Mason, Marilyn (Interviewer) / Scheatzle, David (Interviewer) / Arizona State University Retirees Association (Producer)

Created2014-04-17