Primary Research and Modeling Examples 2006
Research Definitions (notes from JLC workshop March 9, 2006)

Original research in which new data is actually collected from the natural world (via experiments, naturalistic observation, case studies, etc.) conducted to answer a research problem.
Primary research requires: 1. knowing what has already been discovered on a subject (background) and 2. formulating a method to find out what you want to know.
1. Complexity Science
  - Center for Social Complexity, GMU, also working on Inner Asia Modeling Project (see abstract) with Smithsonian
  - Working papers from the Library at Santa Fe Institute,
    ALSO: Secondary school research - Secondary Award for Scientific Excellence (Santa Fe Institute) - this could be YOU!
  - GMU - MASON - scroll down to Publications and Projects Using MASON (Multi-Agent Simulation of Neighborhoods)
  - Agent based computational economics and Empirical Validation of Computational Models, Iowa State Univ
  - Artificial Life, Complexity, non-linear dynamics, game ai, Zooland
  - Seeing Around Corners from Brookings Institue and Sugarscape
  - Evolution of Cooperation (by Robert Axelrod), from Evolution of Social Norms
2. Computer Science
  - Research areas, Georgia Tech
  - Carnegie Mellon research areas
  - Univ. Va research
  - MIT research
3. Physics
  - Calphysics Institute
  - Physics research, Northwestern Univ
4. Biology
  - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. Michigan
  - Biosciences at Lawrence Livermore