System Zoo Publications
by Hartmut
All English language books and CDs are available in internet and local
bookstores (outside German language regions).
For free internet source of English language versions of System Zoo
models see System Zoo 2 and
System Zoo 3 books.
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Books on Demand,
1 – System Concepts and Models
Introduction / A world of systems / Trying to
understand the world: models / Building blocks of system structure / System
structure and system behavior / System change in a changing environment /
Actors in the system / Summary
2 – Structure and
Function
Introduction / Determining system structure /
Differentiation of components / System state and state computation / Elementary
systems and their behavior / Simple components, complex behavior / Dynamic
systems everywhere: Examples / Dimensional and nondimensional analysis /
Mathematical systems analysis / Summary
3 – Actors and Coevolution
Introduction / Perception, evaluation,
decision, action / Information-processing actor: a modeling
framework / Routine and nonroutine behaviour /
Orientors / Orientor-based assessment: application / Nonnumerical
information processing / Summary
4 – Human Systems and
Sustainability
Introduction / Integrated view and scientific
background / Principles and properties of the physical system / Principles and
properties of ecosystem development / Principles and properties of human system
development / Principles for sustainable society / Required steps for
sustainability / Indicators of sustainable development / Summary
5 – System Topics
Introduction / Why systems science? / Examples
of systems / Components and structures of systems / Thermodynamics of systems /
Formal descriptions: models / Dynamics of linear systems / Dynamics of
nonlinear systems / Goal-oriented systems / Systems organization / Systems
interaction and coevolution / Societal development
and system science
6 – System Zoo
Introduction / Elementary systems / Physics and
engineering / Climate and plant growth / Ecosystems and resources / Economy and
society / Global development
7 – Bibliography on
Systems and Models
Introduction / Guide to the selective
bibliography / Selective bibliography (about 800 references)
Index
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Books on Demand,
1 – Elementary
Systems
Z101 Single integration / Z102 System state and
state change / Z103 Exponential growth and decay / Z104 Exponential delay /
Z105 Time-dependent growth / Z106 Simple population dynamics / Z107 Infection
dynamics / Z108 Overloading a buffer / Z109 Logistic growth with constant harvest
/ Z110 Logistic growth with stock-dependent harvest / Z111 Density-dependent
growth (Michaelis-Menten) / Z112 Double integration
and exponential delay / Z113 Transition from one state to another / Z114 Linear
oscillator of second order / Z115 State space diagram / Z116 Triple integration
and exponential delay/ Z117 Linear oscillator of third order
Z201 Rotating pendulum / Z202 Oscillator with
limit cycle (van der Pol) /
Z203 Brusselator / Z204 Bistable
oscillator / Z205 Chaotic bistable oscillator (Duffing) / Z206 Heat, weather, and chaos (Lorenz system) /
Z207 Chaotic attractor (Rössler) / Z208 Coupled
dynamos and chaos / Z209 Balancing an inverted pendulum / Z210 Optimizing
glider flight: search for thermals / Z211 Flight dynamics / Z212 House heating
dynamics / Z213 Integral relations and heat conduction / Z214 Boundary layer
flow
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Books on Demand,
3 – Climate and
Vegetation
Z301 Regional water balance / Z302 Global
carbon cycle / Z303 CO2-dynamics of biosphere and atmosphere / Z304
Forest destruction and CO2-dynamics / Z305 Carbon balance of forests
/ Z306 Motor vehicle traffic and CO2-emissions / Z307 Photosynthesis
of plants / Z308 Forest dynamics / Z309 Tree dieback / Z310 Soil water dynamics
/ Z311 Nutrient dynamics / Z312 Field crop production / Z313 Food production /
Z314 Agriculture and farm bankruptcy
Z401 Predator and unlimited prey / Z402
Predator and limited prey / Z403 Predator and two prey populations / Z404 Prey
and two predator populations / Z405 Ecosystem collapse / Z406 Birds, insects,
and forest / Z407 Plant competition and nutrient cycle / Z408 Fish pond / Z409
Fishery dynamics / Z410 Fishery with optimization / Z411 Tourism / Z412 Tourism
dynamics / Z413 Forest clearing / Z414 Resource discovery / Z415 Resource
extraction and recycling / Z416 Overshoot and collapse / Z417 Tragedy of the
commons / Z418 Sustainable use of a renewable resource
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Books on Demand,
5 – Economy and society
Z501 Supply chain / Z502 Stocks and order
backlog/ Z503 Production cycle / Z504 Market and price / Z505 Market
competition / Z506 Competition for resources / Z507 Escalation / Z508
Dependence / Z509 Aggression / Z510 Life planning and income / Z511 Structural
unemployment, simple model / Z512 Structural unemployment, complex model / Z513
Jobs and employment / Z514 Commuter traffic / Z515 Ecotax
and the automobile
6 – Global development
Z601 Population with three age groups / Z602
Population with four age groups / Z603 Pension dynamics / Z604 Population
dynamics of a small town / Z605 Miniworld / Z606 Miniworld with orientation / Z607 Debt crisis / Z608
Globalization and competition / Z609 Cwebe, village
in Africa / Z610 World2 (Forrester) / Z611 World2 with orientation / Z612
World3 (Meadows) / Z613 Knowledge processing: ferry / Z614 Impact assessment:
cassava / Z615 Syndromes of global development
German:
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Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, 204 p. (ISBN 3-8334-1239-9)
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Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, 236 p. (ISBN 3-8334-1240-2)
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Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, 308 p. (ISBN 3-8334-1241-0)
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Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, 400 p. (ISBN 3-8334-0984-3)
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co.Tec Verlag, Rosenheim
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co.Tec Verlag,
(November 2007)