Systems Science is the study of general principles governing systems of widely differing types, and the use of systems ideas and methods in interdisciplinary research and socio-technical system design and management. Systems science draws on the natural and social sciences, mathematics, computer science, and engineering to address complex problems in the public and private sectors.

government, considerable demand exists for professionals who are skilled in modern methods of decision making and systems design and who are capable of managing complex social and technical systems. Systems theorists also continue to make important contributions to the growth of knowledge within academic disciplines and to the application of knowledge across disciplinary boundaries.

See also: Systems Science Program Systems Science Seminar Series

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Submissions from 2013

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Is the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature False?, Martin Zwick

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Modeling Opioid Addiction Treatment Policies Using System Dynamics, Wayne Wakeland and Alexandra Nielsen

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Modeling the Impact of Simulated Educational Interventions on the Use and Abuse of Pharmaceutical Opioids in the United States: A Report on Initial Efforts, Wayne Wakeland, Alexandra E. Nielsen, Teresa D. Schmidt, Dennis McCarty, Lynn Webster, John Fitzgerald, and J. David Haddox

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Simulating Health Policy Interventions to Reduce Nonmedical Use of Pharmaceutical Opioids, Alexandra E. Nielsen, Wayne W. Wakeland, and Teresa Schmidt

Submissions from 2012

A Proposal For Indicating Quality Of Generalization When Evaluating Anns, George G. Lendaris

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A Two-Stage Technology Foresight Model with System Dynamics Simulation and its Application in the Chinese ICT Industry, Hongyi Chen, Wayne Wakeland, and Jiang Yu

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Complexity Theory and Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street, Martin Zwick

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Complexity Theory and Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street [Presentation], Martin Zwick

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Dynamic Simulation of Opioid Misuse Outcomes, Alexandra E. Nielsen and Wayne Wakeland

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Freedom as a Natural Phenomenon, Martin Zwick

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From Lundberg to SIM-ICP: Computational Physiology and Modeling Intracranial Pressure, Brahm Goldstein, Robert Tasker, and Wayne Wakeland

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Measuring the Longitudinal Effects of Food Carbon Footprint Training on Consumers: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions, Robin Wikoff, Gretchen N. Rainbolt, and Wayne Wakeland

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Reconstructability Analysis of Genetic Loci Associated with Alzheimer disease, Martin Zwick, Shawn K. Westaway, Stephen Shervais, and Patricia L. Kramer

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Reconstructability of Epistatic Functions, Martin Zwick, Joe Fusion, and Beth Wilmot

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Spatio-Temporal Differentiation and Sociality in Spiders, Jessica Purcell, João Vasconcellos-Neto, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher, Marcelo O. Gonzaga, and Leticia Avilés

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System Dynamics Implementation of a Model of Population and Resource Dynamics with Adaptation, Takuro Uehara, Yoko Nagase, and Wayne Wakeland

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System Dynamics Modeling of Medical Use, Nonmedical Use and Diversion of Prescription Opioid Analgesics, Wayne Wakeland, Alexandra Nielsen, and Teresa D. Schmidt

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Using System Dynamics to Contribute to Ecological Economics, Takuro Uehara, Yoko Nagase, and Wayne Wakeland

Submissions from 2011

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A System Dynamics Model of Pharmaceutical Opioids: Medical Use, Diversion, and Nonmedical Use, Teresa Schmidt, Wayne Wakeland, and J. David Haddox

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Calibration of Complex System Dynamics Models: A Practioner's Report, Rod Walker and Wayne Wakeland

Explorations on System Identification via Higher-Level Application of Adaptive-Critic Approximate Dynamic Programming, Joshua G. Hughes and George G. Lendaris

Higher-level Application of Adaptive Dynamic Programming/Reinforcement Learning - A Next Phase for Controls and System Iidentification?, George G. Lendaris

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Levels of Altruism, Martin Zwick and Jeffrey Alan Fletcher

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Mussar and the Renewal of Judaism, Martin Zwick

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Personal Knowledge and the Inner Sciences, Martin Zwick

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System Dynamics Modeling as a Potentially Useful Tool in Analyzing Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Overdose Deaths Associated with Pharmaceutical Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain, Wayne Wakeland, Teresa D. Schmidt, Aaron Gilson, J. David Haddox, and Lynn Webster

Submissions from 2010

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Comparing Discrete Simulation and System Dynamics: Modeling an Anti-Insurgency Influence Operation, Wayne Wakeland and Una E. Medina

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Key Data Gaps for Understanding Trends in Prescription Opioid Analgesic Abuse and Diversion Among Chronic Pain Patients and Nonmedical Users, Wayne W. Wakeland, John Fitzgerald, Aaron Gilson, J. David Haddox, Jack Homer, Lewis Lee, Louis Macovsky, Dennis McCarty, Teresa D. Schmidt, and Lynn Webster

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Reconstructability Analysis As A Tool For Identifying Gene-Gene Interactions In Studies Of Human Diseases, Stephen Shervais, Patricia L. Kramer, Shawn K. Westaway, Nancy J. Cox, and Martin Zwick

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Reconstructability Analysis of Epistasis, Martin Zwick

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Symbolic Structures as Systems: On the Near Isomorphism of Two Religious Symbols, Martin Zwick

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System Dynamics Implementation of an Extended Brander and Taylor-like Easter Island Model, Takuro Uehara, Yoko Nagase, and Wayne Wakeland

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Theories and Models of the Evolution of Altruism Unification vs. Unique Explanations, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher

Submissions from 2009

Adaptive Dynamic Programming Approach to Experience-Based Systems Identification and Control, George G. Lendaris

A Retrospective on Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Control, George G. Lendaris

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Assessing the Prediction Potential of an in Silico Computer Model of Intracranial Pressure Dynamics, Wayne Wakeland, Rachel Agbeko, Kevin Vinecore, Mark Peters, and Brahm Goldstein

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Building the Evidence Base for Family Drug Treatment Courts: Results From Recent Outcome Studies, Beth L. Green, Carrie Jeanne Furrer, Sonia D. Worsel, Scott W. M. Burrus, and Michael W. Finigan

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Forecasting the Adoption of Emerging Energy Technologies: Managing Climate Change and Evolving Social Values, Kelly R. Cowan, Tugrul Daim, Wayne Wakeland, Hosein Fallah, Gerald Sheble, Loren Lutzenhiser, Aaron Ingle, and Robert Hammond

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Holism and Human History, Martin Zwick

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Measuring the Effects of Food Carbon Footprint Training on Consumer Knowledge, Transfer Intentions, and Environmental Self-Efficacy, Wayne Wakeland, Lindsay Sears, and Kumar Venkat

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Reconstructability Analysis in Biomedical Research, Martin Zwick

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The Diagram of the Supreme Pole and the Kabbalistic Tree: On the Similarity of Two Symbolic Structures, Martin Zwick

Submissions from 2008

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A Conversation on Theodicy, Martin Zwick

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A Review of Physiological Simulation Models of Intracranial Pressure Dynamics, Wayne W. Wakeland and Brahm Goldstein

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Emergence of Networks in Distance-Constrained Trade, Kumar Venkat and Wayne W. Wakeland

Higher Level Application of ADP: A Next Phase for the Control Field?, George G. Lendaris

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Moving Up the CMMI Capability and Maturity Levels Using Simulation, David Raffo and Wayne Wakeland

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Using Agent Based Simulation and Game Theory Analysis to Study Information Sharing in Organizations – The InfoScape, Richard Donald Jolly and Wayne W. Wakeland

Submissions from 2007

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A Hybrid Simulation Model for Studying Acute Inflammatory Response, Wayne W. Wakeland, Louis Macovsky, and Gary An

Effectiveness Of a Coupled Oscillator Network For Surface Discernment By a Quadruped Robot Based On Kinesthetic Experience, Andrew H. Toland, Lars A. Holstrom, and George G. Lendaris

Experience Based Surface Discernment by a Quadruped Robot, Lars Holmstrom, Andrew Toland, and George G. Lendaris

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Measuring the Accuracy of Predictions from Patient-Specific Models of Intracranial Pressure Dynamics, Wayne W. Wakeland

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Modeling Fishery Regulation and Compliance: A Case Study of the Yellowtail Rockfish, Wayne Wakeland

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Spinoza and Gödel: Causa Sui and Undecidable Truth, Martin Zwick

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Systems Ideas and Sustainability, Martin Zwick

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Systems Metaphysics: A Bridge from Science to Religion, Martin Zwick

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Systems Metaphysics: A Bridge from Science to Religion [Presentation], Martin Zwick

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The Evolution of Altruism: Game Theory in Multilevel Selection and Inclusive Fitness, Jeffrey Fletcher and Martin Zwick

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Using Reconstructability Analysis for Input Variable Reduction: A Business Example, Stephen Shervais and Martin Zwick

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Using Simulation to Evaluate Global Software Development Task Allocation Strategies, Siri-on Setamanit, Wayne Wakeland, and David Raffo

Submissions from 2006

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An Agent-Based Model of Trade with Distance-Based Transaction Cost, Kumar Venkat and Wayne W. Wakeland

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A Short Tutorial on Reconstructability Analysis, Martin Zwick

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Binary Decision Diagrams and Crisp Possibilistic Reconstructability Analysis, Martin Zwick and Alan Mishchenko

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Combining Linear Regression with Reconstructability Analysis: A Study of Differences in Health Status, Renato Carletti and Martin Zwick

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Complex Analysis of Intracranial Hypertension Using Approximate Entropy, Roberto Hornero, Mateo Aboy, Daniel Abasolo, James McNames, Wayne Wakeland, and Brahm Goldstein

Experience-Based Identification and Control via Higher-Level Learning And Context Discernment, George G. Lendaris

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Family Treatment Drug Court Evaluation Final Phase I Study Report, Sonia D. Worsel, Carrie Jeanne Furrer, Beth L. Green, and Bill Rhodes

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Is Lean Necessarily Green?, Kumar Venkat and Wayne Wakeland

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Reproducing Published Results from In Silico Computer Models of the Acute Inflammatory Response to Severe Sepsis, Wayne W. Wakeland, Joe Fusion, and Brahm Goldstein

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Unifying Reciprocal Altruism and Inclusive Fitness Theories of Altruism, Jeffrey Fletcher and Martin Zwick

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Unifying the Theories of Inclusive Fitness and Reciprocal Altruism, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher and Martin Zwick

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What's Wrong with Inclusive Fitness?, Jeffrey Fletcher, Martin Zwick, Michael Doebeli, and David Sloan Wilson

Submissions from 2005

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Application of Information-Theoretic Data Mining Techniques in a National Ambulatory Practice Outcomes Research Network, Adam Wright, Thomas N. Ricciardi, and Martin Zwick

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A Tale of Two Methods—Agent-based Simulation and System Dynamics— Applied in a Biomedical Context: Acute Inflammatory Response, Wayne W. Wakeland, Joe Fusion, and Brahm Goldstein

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Combining Optimizer and Metamodeling for Railcar Structural Optimization, Longjun Liu and Wayne Wakeland

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Creating Clinically Useful In Silico Models of Intracranial Pressure Dynamics, Wayne W. Wakeland, Joe Fusion, and Brahm Goldstein

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Dynamic Systems and Organizational Decision-Making Processes in Nonprofits, Jennifer S. Tucker, Jennifer C. Cullen, Robert S. Sinclair, and Wayne Wakeland

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Estimation of Subject Specific ICP Dynamic Models Using Prospective Clinical Data, Wayne W. Wakeland, Joe Fusion, and B. Goldstein

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Hamilton's Rule in Reciprocal Altruism and Symbiosis, Jeffrey Fletcher and Martin Zwick

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Heuristic Optimization as a V&V Tool for Software Process SimulationModels, Wayne Wakeland, Stephen Shervais, and David Raffo

On-Line System Identification Using Context Discernment, Lars Holmstrom, Roberto Santiago, and George G. Lendaris

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Ordering Genetic Algorithm Genomes With Reconstructability Analysis: Discrete Models, Stephen Shervais and Martin Zwick

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Reconstructability Analysis and Log-Linear Modeling, Martin Zwick

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Reconstructability Analysis as a Tool for Identifying Gene-Gene Interactions in Studies of Human Diseases: IEEE version, Martin Zwick, Stephen Shervais, and Patricia Kramer

Reinforcement Learning and the Frame Problem, Roberto Santiago and George G. Lendaris

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The Case For Thoroughly Testing Complex System Dynamic Models, Wayne Wakeland and Megan Hoarfrost

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Using Discrete System Simulation to Model the Lane County Criminal Justice System, Olgay Cangur, Bob Denouden, Bud Reiff, and Wayne Wakeland

Submissions from 2004

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A Comparison of Modified Reconstructability Analysis and Ashenhurst‐Curtis Decomposition of Boolean Functions, Anas Al-Rabadi, Marek Perkowski, and Martin Zwick

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A Comparison of System Dynamics and Agent-Based SimulationApplied to the Study of Cellular Receptor Dynamics, Wayne W. Wakeland, Edward J. Gallaher, Louis Macovsky, and C. Athena Aktipis

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An Overview of Reconstructability Analysis, Martin Zwick

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A Software Architecture for Reconstructability Analysis, Kenneth Willett and Martin Zwick

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Calibrating an Intracranial Pressure Dynamics Model With Clinical Data - A Progress Report, Wayne W. Wakeland, James McNames, and Brahm Goldstein

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Directed Extended Dependency Analysis for Data Mining, Thaddeus T. Shannon and Martin Zwick

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Enhancements to Crisp Possibilistic Reconstructability Analysis, Anas Al-Rabadi and Martin Zwick

Guidance in the Use of Adaptive Critics for Control, George G. Lendaris and James C. Neidhoefer

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Hamilton's Rule Applied to Reciprocal Altruism, Jeffrey Fletcher and Martin Zwick

Learning with Binary-Valued Utility Using Derivative Adaptive Critic Methods, Shari A. Matzner, Thaddeus T. Shannon, and George G. Lendaris

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Modified Reconstructability Analysis for Many-Valued Functions and Relations, Anas Al-Rabadi and Martin Zwick

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Reconstructability Analysis Detection of Optimal Gene Order in Genetic Algorithms, Martin Zwick and Stephen Shervais

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Reconstructability Analysis: Theory and Applications [Editorial Introduction], Martin Zwick, Guangfu Shu, and Yi Lin