Systems Modelling, Simulation, and Analysis

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Introduces a systems thinking approach for modelling engineering and urban systems with an emphasis on sustainability. With the complex, interdependent, and non-linear nature of real-world problems, this course presents dynamics modelling techniques from societal, environmental, and economical perspectives. The course will also enable students to perform modelling and simulation of complex systems applied to climate change, energy and environment, transportation policy, infectious disease modelling, natural resource management, and urban dynamics. Complex systems characterized by feedback structure and accumulation effects, causal loop diagrams, stock and flows, delay loops, systems behaviour, instability and oscillation will be discussed. Students will learn to use simulation models on case studies to develop conceptual and modelling skills for the design and analysis of engineering and sustainability systems in a dynamic world. Prerequisite(s): Digital Engineering 319 and 3 units from Sustainable Systems Engineering 315, Engineering 209, Economics 201, or Economics 209.