We started class with a review of systems modeling in what we had learned the day before in
Vensim. Next we introduced the idea of Agent modeling and how it works, pointing out the
differences between agent and systems modeling and teaching the students the key terms used in
agent modeling. We introduced Netlogo and demonstrated how it works by showing models from the
library, after which,as a class, we built a netlogo model. Monte lectured on decomposition and
how to use forensics to find time of death. He introduced a decomposition model and let the
students play with it, choosing variables to change and seeing the effects it had on the time
of death. Next the students got into groups and began to work on their Netlogo group projects.