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Course Name	Turkish	Karmaşık Sistemler ve Adaptasyon
	English	Complex Adaptive Systems
Course Code	ANT 502E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Bülent Arıkan
Course Objectives		1. To illustrate the relationship between ecosystem and cultural systems, 2. To identify the dynamics and mechanisms of interaction, 3. To examine the adaptation processes and feedback mechanisms.
Course Description		This course focuses on; Mathematical Expressions of Complexity, Networks, Emergence and Strategies, Learning and Reward, Adaptation in Complex Systems, Chaos and Chaotic Systems, Social Dynamics: Cycles and Networks, Variation, Procedures and Automata, Decision-Making Mechanisms, Metaphors, Innovations, Synthesis and Modelling.
Course Outcomes		M.Sc. students who take this course gain knowledge, skills and proficiency in the following subjects 1. The systems approach and history of systemic thought, 2. Systems theory and cultural development, 3. Adaptation and feedback mechanisms, 4. The development social oranization, complex systems, and behavioral diversity, 5. The network of dynamic interactions and modeling, 6. Agents, variables, and models.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		None
Other		None
Textbook		Emergence: From Chaos to Order, John H. Holland,1998, Perseus Books.
Other References		Complex Adaptive Systems, John H. Miller ve Scott E. Page, 2007, Princeton University Press Bentley, R. Alexander and Herbert D.G. Maschner. 2003. Complex Systems and Archaeology. University of Utah Press.

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