MIT OpenCourseWare
Introduction to System Dynamics
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- Instructors
- Prof. John Sterman, Prof. Hazhir Rahmandad
- Term
- Fall 2013
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 video · 1 solution · 1 reading · 18 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- Videos here · files on MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 15.871 Introduction to System Dynamics, Fall 2013, Prof. John Sterman, Prof. Hazhir Rahmandad — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- MIT lists a session calendar for this course, but it could not be verified well enough to build a sequence from it — materials are grouped by section instead.
Not included here
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- MIT's page format for this item wasn't recognized clearly enough to place it safely. (13 items)
- Referenced in a table, but without MIT's own verified order, so it isn't used to claim a sequence.
Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Instructor Insights
Recitations
- Recitation 1: Understanding Epidemics Using VensimPLE - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Recitation 2: VensimPLE: Common Mistakes - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Recitation 3: Examples and Solutions - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Recitation 4: Modeling Product Adoption and Diffusion - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Recitation 5: People Express Flight Simulation - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
Assignments
13 files
- Assignment 0: Download and install VensimPLE - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Assignment 1: Modeling an Epidemic - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Assignment 1: SARS Tutorial - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Assignment 2: Problem Definition and Model Conceptualization - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Assignment 3: How to Load Data into Vensim - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Assignment 3: Mapping the Stock and Flow Structure of Systems - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Assignment 4: Calibration Parameters Table - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Assignment 4: Modeling Product Adoption and Diffusion - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Assignment 5: Integrating Systems Thinking and Strategy - 15.871 Fall 2013 Download
- Defects Data (VDF) Download
- SARS Data (VDF) Download
- VCR Data (VDF) Download
- Starting Model (VDF) Download
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. John Sterman, Prof. Hazhir Rahmandad, 15.871 Introduction to System Dynamics, Fall 2013.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Fall 2013 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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