| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester |
| Evaluation: Approval of coursework/reports
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: 10233 |
| Prerequisites: 10340 / 10231, |
| No credit points with: 10233 + 10433 |
| Participant limitation: Max. 40 |
| Aim: The course introduces System Dynamics as a methodology for the formulation of dynamic and nonlinear models of complex biological, physiological, ecological and economic systems. Special emphasis is given to describing mechanisms that produce self-sustained oscillations, chaos, frequency entrainment and other characteristic nonlinear dynamic phenomena. |
| Contents: Casual loop and flow diagrams. Dynamic phenomena in managerial and economic systems: Production-distribution systems, resource allocation, and macroeconomic business cycles. Chaos in ecological and microbiological population models. HIV and the immune system. Instabilities in physiological control systems: Pulsatile release of hormones, chaos in kidney pressure and flow regulations. Characterization of nonlinear systems: Fractal dimensions and Lyapunov exponents. Pattern formation in chemical reaction-diffusion systems, and biological. form formation. Several lectures are given by invited biologists, medical doctors or economists. |
| Contact: Erik Mosekilde, building 309, (+45) 4525 3104, erik.mosekilde@fysik.dtu.dk |
| Department: 010 Department of Physics |
| Keywords: System Dynamics, Instabilities, Biological models, Chaos, Pattern Formation |
| Updated: 26-04-2001 |
