SOCKit, the SOCME Online Construction Kit, is an interactive, dynamic, web-based tool for creating and exploring SOCMEs (System-Oriented Concept Map Extension), created by the King’s Centre for Visualization in Science. Concepts can be connected by labeled, directional links. Related concepts can be grouped into subsystems, which helps users divide complex systems into more manageable chunks; […]
The Planetary Boundaries framework, first published by the Stockholm Resilience Centre in 2009, is a great example of using systems thinking to understand sustainability issues. The framework describes nine Earth system processes─biosphere integrity, climate change, novel entities, aerosols, stratospheric ozone, ocean acidification, fresh water, land use, and biogeochemical flows ─that collectively quantitatively assess the state […]
Follow the link below for some general suggestions to think about when creating SOCMEs. Taken from the help pages at SOCKit (the SOCME Online Construction Kit), by the King’s Centre for Visualization in Science. On the SOCKit tips page you will find information on where to start when making a SOCME, how to add concepts […]
SageModeler is a free online simulation tool designed for diagramming and modeling dynamic interactions among components of a system. Users lay out the components of a system, set their initial conditions, and define their interactions. Strength of interactions can be controlled with “valves”. Connections are unlabelled. The simulation can then model how changing levels of one component […]
Loopy is a free online simulation tool designed for modeling systems using causal loop diagrams. Users lay out the components of the system and link them with positive or negative connections. (In a positive connection, an increase in the first component leads to an increase in the second. In a negative connection, an increase in […]