Mid-Term Exam – Oct 27 Mid-term Examination in class Evolution and Complexity Nov 1 Reading: Mitchell Ch. 5 & 18 Tools of Systems Analysis: Statistical Physics Guest Lecturer: Nov 3 Reading: Weaver (1947) Deborah Strumsky No discussion leads Measuring Complexity Nov 8 Reading: Mitchell Ch. 7 Tools of Systems Analysis: Guest Lecturer: Intervention Points and Transformation Wiek Nov 10 Reading: TBA No discussion leads The Science of Networks Position Paper Due at Nov 15 Reading: Mitchell Ch. 15 and 16 the start of class of Systems Analysis: Social Network Analysis Lecturer: Reading: TBA Nov 17 Shauna Burn-Silver No discussion leads The Mysteries of Scaling Nov 22 Reading: Mitchell Ch. 17 Nov 24 Thanksgiving Resilience, Systems and Sustainability Nov 29 Reading: Walker Ch. 6 and Meadows Ch. 7 Review of Course receive take-home exam or Tour of – Dec 1 No discussion leads Decision Theater Final Exam Due Reading List: Anderson, Philip W. "More is different." Science 177, no. 4047 (1972): 393-396. Biggs, Duan, Nick Abel, Andrew T. Knight, Anne Leitch, Art Langston, and Natalie C. Ban. "The implementation crisis in conservation planning: could models” help?." Conservation Letters “mental 4, no. 3 (2011): 169-183.
Oct 27 Mid-term Examination Mid-Term Exam – in class Nov 1 Evolution and Complexity Reading: Mitchell Ch. 5 & 18 Nov 3 Tools of Systems Analysis: Statistical Physics Reading: Weaver (1947) Guest Lecturer: Deborah Strumsky No discussion leads Nov 8 Measuring Complexity Reading: Mitchell Ch. 7 Nov 10 Tools of Systems Analysis: Intervention Points and Transformation Reading: TBA Guest Lecturer: Wiek No discussion leads Nov 15 The Science of Networks Reading: Mitchell Ch. 15 and 16 Position Paper Due at the start of class Nov 17 of Systems Analysis: Social Network Analysis Reading: TBA Lecturer: Shauna Burn-Silver No discussion leads Nov 22 The Mysteries of Scaling Reading: Mitchell Ch. 17 Nov 24 Thanksgiving Nov 29 Resilience, Systems and Sustainability Reading: Walker Ch. 6 and Meadows Ch. 7 Dec 1 Review of Course – receive take-home exam or Tour of Decision Theater No discussion leads Final Exam Due Reading List: Anderson, Philip W. "More is different." Science 177, no. 4047 (1972): 393-396. Biggs, Duan, Nick Abel, Andrew T. Knight, Anne Leitch, Art Langston, and Natalie C. Ban. "The implementation crisis in conservation planning: could “mental models” help?." Conservation Letters 4, no. 3 (2011): 169-183.