Teach Yourself Systems
Welcome to TYS, an interactive learning resource focused on systems thinking and systems engineering. In a world of abundant intelligence, systems thinking is becoming more important than ever. This site aims to help you understand complex systems, their interactions, and how to design and manage them effectively.
Chapters
Introduction
Why systems thinking and system dynamics matter when intelligence is abundant.
Purpose & Boundary
Understand what makes a system, how purpose emerges from behavior, and why drawing boundaries matters in systems thinking.
Stocks and Flows
Learn about the foundational concepts of Stocks and Flows in systems thinking and how they interact to create system behavior.
Feedback Loops
Understand the balancing and reinforcing feedback loops that drive system behavior and create complex dynamics in systems thinking.
Collections
Reliability & Maintenance
Simulations of component failure, preventive maintenance and breakdown recovery.
Explore Reliability & MaintenanceGame Dynamics
Game-theory and gameplay examples showing how rules, chance and matchmaking influence strategy.
Explore Game DynamicsControl Systems & Delays
Feedback control examples that contend with time delays on the path to a goal.
Explore Control Systems & DelaysExamples
Fishery Simulation
A fishery simulation of stocks, flows, and feedback loops managing fish populations.
population
quota
Matchmaking Queue
Simulates skill-based matchmaking with adjustable buckets, skill delta and max wait.
queue_len
avg_wait
