In this notebook we will try to simulate history of disciplines. We will look into few thins here: phd's awarded, departments established, journals created and etc.
In [36]:
import random
def phd_awarded(person=None, discipline=None, title=None):
if person != None:
pass
if discipline != None:
pass
if title != None:
pass
return True
def department_established(founder=None, university=None, discipline=None):
if founder != None:
pass
if university != None:
pass
if discipline != None:
pass
def journal_created(title=None, publisher=None, board=None):
if title != None:
pass
if publisher != None:
pass
if board != None:
pass
def article_published(author=None, title=None, citation_list=None):
if author != None:
pass
if title != None:
pass
if citation_list != None:
pass
In [39]:
phd_count = 10000
discipline_count = 500
for year in range(1900, 2000):
if random.randint(0, 10) < 1:
phd_count += 1 #phd_awarded()
if year % 10 == 0:
print year
print "phd count: ", phd_count
print "discipline count: ", discipline_count
In [ ]: