References

Conceptual Foundations - 1

Introduction to Systems Thinking, Epistemology, Paradigm, Scientific Thinking, Reductionism

From: It's Obvious You Won't Survive By Your Wits Alone By Scott Adams

 

Conceptual Foundations - 2

The film "Mindwalk" and the book The Turning Point by Fritjof Capra

Lintschinger, K. and Capra, B. (1991). Mindwalk: A Film for Passionate Thinkers, Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, CA

Conceptual Foundations - 3

History and Characteristics of Systems Thinking - Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Fritjof Capra, Business and Management

LUDWIG VON Bertalanffy 1901-1972

Father of Systems Thinking

Conceptual Foundations - 4

Examples and Hierarchy of Systems

Murray Gell-Mann's The Quark and the Jaguar subtitled
`Adventures in the Simple and the complex', ISBN 0-7167-2725-0, Freeman

System Dynamics - 5

Introduction and origins

System Dynamics - 6

Modeling with NetLogo or STELLA - Stocks, Flows, Converters and Connectors, Feedback Loops

NetLogo or

Above is a trdemark of High Performance Systems, Inc.

System Dynamics - 7

Constructing a model

Complex Systems - 8

Concepts, Properties and Examples

"Puget Sound is a complex system of interconnected inlets, bays, and channels with tidal sea water entering from the west, and cold freshwater streams entering from surrounding mountains."; Department of Ecology, Puget Sound

Complex Systems - 9

Emergence

Complex Systems - 10

Self-Organization

Artwork by Elaine Wiesenfeld (from Bak, How Nature Works)

Complex Systems - 11

Knowledge Management

Photo by Margaret J. Wheatley

Margaret J. Wheatley

Review - 12

Synthesis and Project Presentations

References