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by "David N. Ford"
Thu Apr 01, 1999 1:16 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Analysis of Causal Loop Diagrams
Replies: 1
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Analysis of Causal Loop Diagrams

The paper "A Behavioral Approach to Feedback Loop Dominance Analysis" will be published in the next issue of the System Dynamics Review. An important distinction must made and kept clear between feedback loop analysis, which the paper addresses, and causal loop diagrams, which the original...
by "David N. Ford"
Thu Apr 25, 1996 6:08 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Discrete vs. continuous
Replies: 15
Views: 34904

Discrete vs. continuous

To help clarify the differences between discrete and continuous modeling I see two ways in which models can be considered either discrete or continuous. 1. Time Handling: If the simulation slices time into evenly sized pieces and calculates the system conditions at teach timestep it is continuous. S...
by "David N. Ford"
Tue Apr 23, 1996 2:01 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Continuous and Discrete modeling
Replies: 0
Views: 1446

Continuous and Discrete modeling

Concerning the discrete - continuous model selection discussion I suggest the book Computer Simulation inManagement Science (3rd edition) by Michael Pidd from Wiley press. He addresses simulation issues, distinctions between the two appraches, and gives two detailed examples. Of particular interest ...