In this lecture, we review topics from SOS 220 (Systems Thinking) that have been presented before the midterm. This includes topics related to introductory systems thinking, causal loop diagrams (CLD's), systems archetypes, resilience thinking, complexity, complex adaptive systems, bifurcation diagrams, tipping points, chaos, basic thermodynamics, Boltzmann entropy, and Shannon information. In the classroom exercise, we mainly answer questions from the students and walk through examples, such as a sample ball-in-a-basin model of a nonlinear system with two alternative stable states (as in a lake that can switch from a clear state to a murky state).
Whiteboard notes for this lecture can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9kqb6sxzj1s7j2b/SOS220-LectureZ1-2023-02-21-Midterm_Exam_Review.pdf?dl=0
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