Understanding Complexity

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Course no. 5181; 12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture.
Originally produced in 2008.
Disc 1. lecture 1. Complexity--what is it? Why does it matter? ; lecture 2. Simple, rugged, and dancing landscapes ; lecture 3. The interesting in-between ; lecture 4. Why different is more ; lecture 5. Explore exploit--the fundamental trade-off ; lecture 6. Emergence I--why more is different -- Disc 2. lecture 7. Emergence II--network structure and function ; lecture 8. Agent-based modeling--the new tool ; lecture 9. Feedbacks--beehives, QWERTY, the big sort ; lecture 10. The sand pile--self-organized criticality ; lecture 11. Complexity versus uncertainty ; lecture 12. Harnessing complexity.
Taught by Scott E. Page.
Professor Scott E. Page from University of Michigan introduces you to complexity science. You learn how this vibrant and still evolving discipline helps you understand the nature and behavior of systems formed of financial markets, corporations, native cultures, governments, and more.
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