• Wikipage of the lecture: LectureSystemNestedness

This lecture will discuss System Nestedness. Students should:

• Understand the difference between vertical and horizontal nestedness
  • Vertical nestedness : the continuum of emergence from quantum physics to ecosystem and how ties ties in with observer dependency.
  • Horizontal nestedness: Systems can be part of other systems, and/or overlap with other systems at a single level of vertical nestedness.
• Understand that a system can be a context for another system.
• Be able to identify horizontal and vertical system nestedness and in real world examples.
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ToDo: The Ants Model in netlogo can be used for experimentation.