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Let's Bring System Dynamics Back to CS

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Overview

This course aims to teach learners about bringing System Dynamics back to computer science. The learning outcomes include understanding the history of System Dynamics, learning about available tooling for building and running models, and representing architectures using System Dynamics abstractions. The course covers topics such as Cybernetics, Control Theory, modeling systems, distributed systems, and conventional tools. The teaching method involves a lecture-style presentation. The intended audience for this course is software engineers interested in understanding and applying System Dynamics in their work.

Syllabus

Introduction
What is System Dynamics
Origins of System Dynamics
Cybernetics
System Dynamics
Control Theory
Primary Abstractions
Modeling Systems
Distributed Systems
AWSkinesis
Outages
Configuration Change
Stock Flow Models
Resources
Conventional Tools
Fault Project
Fault Demo

Taught by

USENIX

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