Social Analysis and Modeling for Python
Bishara Gabriel
bgabriel at cloudthunder.com
Thu Sep 30 21:24:40 EDT 2004
Cameron Laird wrote:
>In article <2s2q4uF1fcanvU1 at uni-berlin.de>, val <val at vtek.com> wrote:
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>>well, 'If this were my proposal, I'd aim for the far more powerful,'
>>"In addition to conventional wisdom, Python may be considered as
>>a unique *science tool* providing an opportunity (1) *to build models
>>programmatically* - using online experimental data, data-driven
>>techniques, and databases integrated with the models, (2) to keep
>>the models in a dynamic format available for online analysis,
>>testing, and updating. Such online science/reasoning tools may as well be a
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>>communication vehicle among scientists speeding up drastically
>>understanding complex/data-intensive phenomena such as genome dynamics,
>>social processes, terror networks, industrial dynamics, etc."
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>Hear, hear! Well-done.
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As I said, an excellent suggestion indeed. Unfortunately, we already
have enough on our plate (as you pointed out) considering the time frame
and resources allowed to us. If we had instead applied for a NSF grant
(three years, large budget) then we would have no problem with asserting
our ability to utilize *online*-experimental data, to keep the models in
a dynamic format available for *online* analysis, and so forth. Our
limited time and resources will narrow our capabilities in this respect.
If we had a larger team of regular contributors, this might be more
plausible.
Thank you for your feedback.
Sincerely,
Bishara Gabriel
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