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programmingMS 2011
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In class, the kids worked on a variety of javascript functions, including agent design, movement, and interaction, in a computer text-writing software called Textwrangler. The theme of the model that was developed was "Biological", and in further detail, the model emphasized the affect of disease of a population over a specific amount of time. While something like this may seem simple, the process of creating such a model through javascript is not an easy task because of the numerous agents and functions that are needed to be created from scratch, not even mentioning the graphs that display the data. Step by step, the students took a complicated task and broke it down into easier duties. These easier duties were made by dividing up the model into various equations that emphasized key parts of the model, such as a disease factor harming the general population.