Discovering Computer Science

Section 13.1

• Exercises
  • 13.1.9.  africa.txt
  • 13.1.14.  U.S. presidents file
  • 13.1.15.  Movie program (see Chapter 12 page for movie files)
  • 13.1.17.  U.S. senators file (source) | read senators function

Section 13.4

• flocking simulation
  • world.py
  • pair.py
  • vector.py
  • boid.py
  • flocking.py

Section 13.6

• Exercises
  • 13.6.11.  search for Oscar-winning movies

Project 13.1

• time.py
• track.py
• muni.py
• muni_tracking.csv (source)
• muni.gif

Project 13.2

• The Equality of Opportunity Project
• mobility_by_z.txt (source)

Project 13.3

• Slime mold aggregation movie
• slime.py
• patch.py
• slimeworld.py

Project 13.4

• VPython

Further discovery

• Barbara Liskov
• Craig Reynolds’ Boids page

Recommended books and articles

• The Computational Beauty of Nature by Gary Flake
• Think Complexity by Allen Downey
• Agent-based Models by Nigel Gilbert
• Introduction to Computational Science by Angela Shiflet and George Shiflet