1. Problem Solving Introduction: This material introduces knowledge system theory and structured problem solving. The concept of  science usability is introduced. The student should become familiar with the concepts of legitimacy, credibility, and salience.  A good exercise is to choose at least one of the papers, and read, respond, and discuss in class. For a class, spread the papers out.  If only one paper is chosen Dilling and Lemos has proved to be an excellent resource. (slides, pdf)
    1. Introduction, Organizing Complex Systems, “Taxonomy” (16:11 minute Lecture, )
    2. Knowledge System, Legitimacy, Credibility, Salience (25:20 minute Lecture, )
    3. Problem Solving: Time, Space, Wealth / Inventory, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis (29:17 minute Lecture, )
      1. Lecture: Problem Solving: Time, Growth, Non-stationarity, Time scales this is a collection of two lectures. The first introduces time, time spans, and time scales more generally. It was motivated by COVID-19 and the introduction of “exponential growth” into daily language.  The second lecture is just the Space, Time, and Wealth part of the above lecture, in case that is desired.
      2. Lecture: Problem Solving: Analyzing the Relationship of One Thing to Another A common approach to understanding the relations of one thing to another is the 2-d graph where one axis represent one thing, say temperature, and the other axis represents another thing, say precipitation. That way you can study hot and wet versus cold and dry.
    4. Knowledge System and Science Usability References
      1. Dilling and Lemos, 2011, Usable Science
      4. Lemos et al., 2014, Moving Climate Information off the Shelf: Boundary Chains and the Role of RISAs as Adaptive Organizations