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Model Perspective
Model Perspective
Jun 7, 2026 · Fundamentals

Modeling the 2026 Gaokao Essay Prompts: Growth, Resilience, and Optimal Control

The article uses a modeling lens to dissect the 2026 Gaokao essay topics, explaining logistic growth and its S‑curve, system resilience via stable and unstable equilibria, optimal‑control framing of planning versus effort, the trade‑off between parameter tuning and structural change, and how technology expands or contracts our imagination space.

Resiliencelogistic modeloptimal control
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Modeling the 2026 Gaokao Essay Prompts: Growth, Resilience, and Optimal Control
Model Perspective
Model Perspective
Oct 6, 2025 · Operations

Modeling Ming Dynasty Politics: Game Theory, Optimization, and System Dynamics

Using multi‑objective optimization, Nash equilibrium analysis, epidemic‑style network models, and optimal control theory, this study quantitatively examines the “change rice to mulberry” policy, bureaucratic power struggles, corruption diffusion, and fiscal crises depicted in the drama “The Ming Dynasty 1566,” revealing underlying mathematical dynamics.

Game TheoryOptimizationcorruption modeling
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Modeling Ming Dynasty Politics: Game Theory, Optimization, and System Dynamics
Youzan Coder
Youzan Coder
Apr 19, 2019 · Fundamentals

Unlocking System Thinking: From a Simple Bathtub to Complex Ecosystems

This article introduces system dynamics and system thinking, traces their origins and key contributors, explains how stock‑flow models like a bathtub illustrate core concepts, and explores three fundamental system characteristics—adaptability, self‑organization, and hierarchy—through both simple and ecological examples.

AdaptabilitySelf-Organizationhierarchy
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Unlocking System Thinking: From a Simple Bathtub to Complex Ecosystems