Asheville, NC  ·  Systems Science  ·  Binghamton University

Will Deter

Association Director of Systems & Strategy @ YMCA of Western North Carolina

I lead with curiosity and build with intention. With over a decade of experience at a leading nonprofit, I bring a systems thinker's instincts to strategy, operations, and organizational culture — asking not just what to do, but why things work the way they do, and how to change them.

Will Deter

Recent Publications

2025 Complexity (Wiley) Peer Reviewed

Behavioral and Topological Heterogeneities in Network Versions of Schelling's Segregation Model

Examines the concurrent effects of behavioral and topological heterogeneity in network segregation models. Results reveal novel dynamics mimicking the urban–rural divide, with highly tolerant agents concentrating in dense areas and pushing intolerant agents to sparse regions.

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Tolerance clusters in segregation model
2024 NEJCS Peer Reviewed

A Measure of Interactive Complexity in Network Models

Presents a novel complexity measure using transfer entropy and Jensen-Shannon divergence. Applied to Schelling segregation, Conway's Game of Life, and the SIS epidemic model to validate its sensitivity across diverse complex systems.

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Interactive complexity visualization
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