# Radhika Nagpal
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** agent-based
- **Microsimmability score:** 52/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Agents` (population size)
- `Interaction radius` (neighbourhood each agent senses)
- `Coupling` (0–1, strength of the local rule)
### What animates
Many agents follow a simple local rule on the canvas while a global pattern emerges; the pattern reorganizes as agent count and [[Coupling|coupling]] change.
### Learning objective
See how simple local rules produce emergent [[System|system]]-level behaviour.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`AAAI_Fellow` · `Bachelor_of_Science` · `Bell_Labs` · `Bio-inspired_computing` · [[Collective_intelligence]] · [[Computer_science]] · `Computer_scientist` · `Doctor_of_Philosophy` · `Doctoral_advisor` · `Gerald_Jay_Sussman` · `Harvard_Medical_School` · `Harvard_University` · `IRobot` · `MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory` · `Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology` · `Master_of_Science` · [[Multi-agent_system]] · `Nature's_10` · `Nature_(journal)` · `Princeton_University` · `Swarm_robotics`
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*Radhika Nagpal — image hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons (via the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library, Engineering room). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg).*
> Radhika Nagpal is an Indian-American computer scientist and researcher in the fields of self-organising computer systems, biologically-inspired robotics, and biological multi-agent systems.[1] She is the Augustine Professor in Engineering in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science at Princeton University. Formerly, she was the Fred Kavli Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University[2] and the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sc ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhika_Nagpal))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhika_Nagpal)
> Relation: subfield of systems engineering.
## Concept summary
Radhika Nagpal is an Indian-American computer scientist and researcher in the fields of self-organising computer systems, biologically-inspired [[Robotics|robotics]], and biological multi-agent systems.[1] She is currently the Norman R. Augustine '57*59 Professor in Robotics in the Departments of Mech...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Radhika Nagpal
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render agent-based; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
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## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Control_theory]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Operations_research]] · [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[System_dynamics]] · [[Systems_engineering]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]].
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