Thinking in Systems.- The Engineered Systems.- Political, Social, and Biological Systems.- The Fundamental Behavior Patterns.- Modeling and Simulation.- Optimization.- Distributed Intelligence.- Discrete Events and Procedures.- Unintended Consequences.- The Seven Habits of a Systems Savvy Person.- Epilogue: Future Directions and Challenges.- Appendix 1: The PID Controllers.- Appendix 2: Guidelines for Drawing Causal Loop Diagrams.- Appendix 3: Generic System Behaviors.- Appendix 4: Model Building and Simulation Software.- Appendix 5: Simulation of Manpower Needs for a Project.- Appendix 6: Agent Based Modeling Software.- Appendix 7: Simulation of Gender Based Segregation Patterns.- Appendix 8: Documentation of Procedural Functions.- Appendix 9: Example of a Simple Batch Process.
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