Notes

Lecture notes

Week of Notes
Jan 13 Week 1 — introduction & overview
Jan 20 Week 2 — units; numerical calculus
Jan 27 Week 3a — time/index conversion; aliens vs. vampires
Week 3b — simulating system dynamics (SD) models
Feb 3 Week 4a — balancing and reinforcing loops; drugs
Week 4b — logistic growth
Feb 10 Week 5 — the Lotka-Volterra model
Feb 17 Week 6 — the competitive exclusion model
Feb 19 Week 7a — the SIR epidemiology model
Week 7b — parameter sweeps

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