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- Fri Aug 03, 2001 10:23 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: Preventing the next boom and bust
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17097
preventing the next boom and bust
Silly assumptions in spreadsheets lead to silly forecasts. Silly assumptions in system dynamics models produce silly results, too. When a bunch of people act foolishly, its not a methodology driving the foolishness. It might help to find out what causes sober people to act like fools, but knowing th...
- Tue Jun 05, 2001 9:01 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: System Dynamics Certification
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9982
System Dynamics Certification
Bill Braun wrote: "Does this leave room for the self-directed learner?...I wish to continue to learn, and going away to school at this juncture in my life is not feasible. Id like to know where I am deficient and continue to hone my skills in those areas." I took 15.982B, Advanced Techniqu...
- Fri May 25, 2001 9:19 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: ST & SD in real life
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13234
ST & SD in real life
Good question from Daniel; I hope everyone with direct involvement will respond. Applications at Cigna: business process reengineering planning, project management policy design, service office capacity planning, project management training games, product introduction planning, service office site r...
- Thu Apr 05, 2001 8:14 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: anyone using microworlds in undergraduate business
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2696
anyone using microworlds in undergraduate business
Steve Cavaleri is professor of management at Central Connecticut State University. He uses a microworld I developed for his undergraduate courses in management systems for a couple of years and may still be using it. The microworld, called WellDone!, is written in commercial and student versions and...
- Tue Nov 14, 2000 9:37 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: Building your own models
- Replies: 18
- Views: 60611
Building your own models
Jim Hines asked, "What do you (and others) make of the many queries in this list asking for models on this or that topic?" I have a directory on my hard drive called OPM (Other Peoples Models). When I cant express a dynamic the way I want, theres always something in my OPM library that ins...
- Fri Sep 22, 2000 9:09 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: seeking diffusion data
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7106
seeking diffusion data
There are time-series data about the growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web that you can access at <http://www.isoc.org/guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html>. In addition to the data on the site, there is a list of sources for the data including the volume of emails, Usenet groups and posts,...