The course includes literature studies, lectures, seminars (discussions), hand-in exercises, a project work, and presentation. During the course, the students will continuously give feedback on each other’s work. Course literature comprises standard literature within the field as well as recent research articles.
Areas covered:
- Formulation of dynamic problems
- Fundamental concepts within system thinking and system design (e.g. causality, Little’s Law, feedback)
- Causal Loop Diagrams
- Mental models
- System structures and system archetypes
- Naming convention and ”good practice” with modelling with system dynamics.
- The modelling process
- Validation of system dynamics modell
- Communication using system dynamics models