I’ve just been sent a preview of the cover for my book, now due to be released in early March — so get your pre-orders in now!
Or don’t, it’s open-access and you can just download a PDF for free when it comes out. I’ll post here again once it releases for real.
In other news:
- Our team submitted a funding proposal for a cross-disciplinary network focused on the use of agent-based modelling for designing complex public health interventions
- I contributed to another proposal, part of which will use ABM to study environmental and policy changes that might encourage more people to take up walking and cycling rather than driving
- We’re working on a position paper for the public health crowd, to clear up some misconceptions and concerns about the use of ABM in health research
- Another paper is in the works on a free simulation platform under development
- Last but by no means least, John Bryden and I have a really exciting paper under review at the moment — watch this space!
I’m also excited about our ongoing work modelling social care provision in Scotland — we’ve just hit a major development milestone. We’re planning to submit a paper on this first stage in March, and follow that up with further development of the model with help from social care experts here in Glasgow and in Stirling. We’ll soon start producing detailed documentation for the model — I’ll post some of those details here in the next month or two.
Dr Eric Silverman 