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Tangible Networks: A Toolkit for Exploring Network Science

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Proceedings of ECCS 2014

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We present Tangible Networks (TN), a novel electronic toolkit for communicating and explaining concepts and models in complexity sciences to a variety of audiences. TN is an interactive hands-on platform for visualising the real-time behaviour of mathematical and computational models on complex networks. Compared to models running on a computer, the physical interface encourages playful exploration. We discuss the design of the toolkit, the implementation of different mathematical models and how TN has been received to date.

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    Available online at https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/.

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    See for example https://forum.arduino.cc.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been funded by the Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, through EPSRC grant EP/I013717/1. EK wishes to acknowledge funding from the James Dyson Foundation.

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  1. Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK

    Espen Knoop, Edmund Barter, Alonso Espinosa Mireles de Villafranca, Antoni Matyjaszkiewicz, Christopher McWilliams & Lewis Roberts

  2. Bristol Robotics Laboratory, T Block, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK

    Espen Knoop

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Knoop, E., Barter, E., de Villafranca, A.E.M., Matyjaszkiewicz, A., McWilliams, C., Roberts, L. (2016). Tangible Networks: A Toolkit for Exploring Network Science. In: Battiston, S., De Pellegrini, F., Caldarelli, G., Merelli, E. (eds) Proceedings of ECCS 2014. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29228-1_4

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