misinfo_spread

Replication code for XXX <-- enter paper reference here

Things to do

See outstanding tasks in TODO.md.

Contents

These are the main contents of this repository:

• data - place input data here;
• experiments - place working code here;
• output - Outputs and plot files (may go anytime);
• README.md - This file;
• simulator - R scripts for monte carlo simulation of the various versions of the model;
• replication - replication code;

Installation

These steps assume you are using Anaconda Python as your python distribution, which comes with the conda package manager installed.

1. Open the terminal and clone this repository from github:

   git clone git@github.com:tambu85/misinfo_spread.git
   

   This assumes you have configured authentication to Github via SSH.

2. Enter into the folder misinfo_spread:

   cd misinfo_spread
   

3. Create a virtual environment and install the required dependencies (see environment.yml). With this can be achieved by running:

   conda env create -n misinfo_spread --file environment.yml
   

4. Activate the environment you have just created:

   conda activate misinfo_spread
   

5. Install pip, either via conda (conda install pip) or its default installation methods.

6. Install the package as an editable install:

   pip install -e .