TDT22: Complex and Biologically-Inspired Systems
**This compendium is the 2015 version of TDT22**
The following papers are curriculum:
1. *Bar-Yam*, **The Dynamics of Complex Systems - Examples, Questions, Methods and Concepts**
2. *Heylighen*, **The Science of Self-Organization and Adaptivity**
3. *Langton*, **Computation at the Edge of Chaos: Phase Transitions and Emergent Computation**
4. *Gershenson*, **Introduction to Random Boolean Networks**
5. *Newman*, **The Structure and Function of Complex Networks** (exclude section 4, 5, and 6)
6. *Perez*, **Modeling Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation with an Agent-Based Approach at Two Spatial Scales**
7. *Garnier*, **The Biological Principles of Swarm Intelligence**
8. *Doursat*, **A Review of Morphogenetic Engineering** [Presentation](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ez2yhCRgeUBc6YBNAzgV7KcPIRkqYu3t2oJ9ntDuK7E/edit?usp=sharing)
9. *Bar-Yam*, **Human Civilization II: A Complex(ity) Transition**
10. *Sayama*, **Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems, Chapter 1 and 2**
11. a *Sayama*, **PyCX: A Python-Based Simulation Code Repository for Complex Systems Education**
11. b *Sayama*, **Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems, Chapter 10**
12. Mini project (text not part of the cyllabus)