Agenda

The agenda for the 1.5 day spatial microsimulation course (8th - 9th May 2014, University of Leeds' School of Geography) is described on the course booking page in the "More info" tab.

To reiterate and expand on this information, the agenda is as follows.

Day 1: Introduction to spatial microsimulation and R

9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome/Refreshments

• 9:30 – 11:00 Introduction to Spatial Microsimulation: theory and applications
  • What is spatial microsimulation
  • What can it do: current and potential applications
  • Worked example with pen and paper

11:00 – 11.15 a.m. Tea/Coffee

• 11:15 - 1:00 R: a giant general purpose statistical calculator
  • Loading the input data (filter the dataset beforehand with R)
  • Proportional fitting in R

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

• 1:30 - 4:30 A worked example
  • Loading the data (without modifying the source)
  • Preparing the input data
  • Model checking

Day 2: Applications

9:15 – 9:30 Refreshments

• 9:30 – 11:00 Processing and analysis of spatial microdata

11:00 -11:15 a.m. Tea/Coffee

• 11:15 - 12:30 Extensions to the basic model
  • As an input into agent based models

• 12:30 - 1:30 Tailoring the code for your needs