The Impact of Educational Interventions on Real & Stylized Cities

Abstract

Different cities and different populations react differently to various types of educational interventions due to small differences in population, socio-demographic traits, intervention media type, and a variety of other factors. The social simulation tool Construct was used to evaluate the effectiveness of several educational interventions on one stylized and four real cities to examine the types of behavior that could be observed given these small variations in initial conditions. This technical report describes the experimental design, parameters, and setup for the Construct educational intervention virtual experiments, then reports the results obtained when the experiments were run. The results from the stylized city and real cities are compared, and general similarities and conclusions are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 10, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488399

Entities

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  • Alaiksandr Birukou
  • Brian R. Hirshman
  • Kathleen Carley
  • Michael K. Martin
  • Michael W. Bigrigg

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

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  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Computational Science
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
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  • Demography
  • Education
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  • Network Topology
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  • Reliability
  • Simulations
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  • Education

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