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Using Complexity Science Concepts When Designing System Interventions and Evaluations



By: Beverly Parsons  

This six-page document summarizes key concepts from complexity science that we have found to be especially helpful when designing interventions in large systems or when evaluating such interventions. It explains concepts such as self-organizing; sensitivity to initial conditions; emergence; feedback; patterns; and co-evolution.

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