explorations in massively parallel microworlds Resnick, Mitchel creator text xxk Cambridge, MA London MIT 1997 monographic eng spa

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XVIII, 163 p. ; 23 cm. This text examines the concept of decentralization and its effects in everday culture. It considers the reasons behind resistance to decentralization, and describes computational methods - such as modelling and simulation - and activities that can help develop new perspectives on decentralization Part 1 Foundations: introduction; the era of decentralization. Part 2 Constructions: constructionism; LEGO/logo; StarLogo; objects and parallelism. Part 3 Explorations: simulations and stimulations; slime mould; artificial ants; traffic jams; termites; turtles and frogs; turtle ecology; new turtle geometry; forest fire; recursive trees. Part 4 Reflections: the centralized mindset; beyond the centralized mindset. Part 5 Projections: growing up. Appendices: student participants; StarLogo overview. Mitchel Resnick. Un libro Bradford Bibliografía Programación en paralelo (Informática) Inteligencia artificial StarLogo (Lenguaje de programación) QA 76.58 R434t 1997 003.7 DAI 0262680939 ES-MaCSI 980519 20230410132820.0 spa