Systems Design

At the Chair of Systems Design, we aim at achieving a scientific description, modelling and computer simulation of "systems" from a theoretical perspective. This includes conceptual issues of systems thinking and systems engineering, formalization of systems dynamics, as well as quantitative approaches for nonlinear dynamical systems. In particular, we apply various methods to investigate complex systems from different fields such as statistical physics, evolutionary biology, micro-economics and computational sciences. As regards applications, our focus is primarily on socio-economic systems such as business companies or social organizations. We are interested in a fundamental understanding of the dynamics of organizations.

The following courses feature different aspects of the dynamics and complexity of systems that comprise a large number of interacting entities. We provide methods for formal analysis as well as for computer simulations of those systems, and demonstrate their applicability in a number of examples, ranging from physical and biological to social and economic systems.