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Re:Ask HN: Any recommended resources to develop system think... by pella on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:28AM (#16705663)
"complexity theory" is very important!

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my favorite: New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) website!

* About Complex Systems : "Concept Map" http://www.necsi.edu/guide/concepts/conceptmap.html

* Learn: http://necsi.edu/learn.html

* "Dynamics of Complex Systems" - Full PDF: http://necsi.edu/publications/dcs/index.html

* NECSI Seminar Video Library: http://www.necsi.edu/events/vidlib/

* Research: http://necsi.edu/research.html

Re:Ask HN: Any recommended resources to develop system think... by bordercases on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:52PM (#16713331)
As much as I love NECSI and Santa Fe Complexity Institute, the way the science is taught is a bit of a grab bag. Way too much emphasis on models that aren't widely applicable to engineering problems, like cellular automata.

Nassim Taleb's collaborations with NESCI are worth their weight, though, and W Brian Arthur out of SFI produces works that I consider actionable for CTOs to get a conceptual handle on their craft. UoM's Scott E Paige is also a good resource on Complex Adaptive Systems in a way that is more unified.

Re:Ask HN: Any recommended resources to develop system think... by pureGuano on Thursday March 29, 2018 @09:27AM (#16706810)
Came here to post Dynamics of Complex Systems. Just the information on renormalization groups and multi-scale behavior makes it worth the time. And it's Free!