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- Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:31 pm
- Forum: System Dynamics Discussion
- Topic: Sterman's approach and Soft Systems Methodology
- Replies: 4
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Sterman is an excellent System Dynamics modeller. I've got his Business Dynamics text book, and I find mapping out soft variables isn't really that hard, haha. Use what you think works best for your problem. Certainly, hard variables are easier to map out as there is a lot less uncertainty. Heck, ev...
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:13 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Quick Tip for Other Newbies
- Replies: 1
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Quick Tip for Other Newbies
I was getting a whole bunch of floating point errors when I was mapping out a soft-variable (confidence, success, etc) model, and I didn't discover why till just this week. When you divide something by time, and time is zero, you will get a floating point error. Fix the initial time to a number. Or ...
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:03 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Academic Version Has No Subscripts?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2246
Academic Version Has No Subscripts?
I'm starting a couple online income streams and was using Vensim to map out what my income would look like over time if and when I completed the projects. Unfortunately, I can only make 100 bucks this year, but those positive feedback loops create an exponential effect, and I'll get that a day in 6 ...