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Mr Odence writes: >Heres my question: Is there anything fundamentally wrong with a co-flow (a >rate driven by another rate)? I believe the party line is that such a >representation is a convenience, and that whats really going on is that both >rates are being driven by the same stock. I recall that ...

Much admire Khalids statement: >I view our SD work as a humble endeavor in science. Our primary >responsibility is to add value and not push ahead for a revolution. It is >practice with this attitude by our colleagues that has won acceptance of >SD as a serious discipline. I believe our pactice must...

The question has been asked: > >Has anyone any information on use of System Dynamics models in basic >financial processes? Jim Lyneiss book "Corporate Planning and Policy Design" has extensive sections on corporate finance -- modeling the corporate balance sheet, book value of inventory, c...

I have read with interest the various suggestions made about improving our scholarly communication in the System Dynamics Review. We have tried in the past to generate discussions in the pages of the Review (see, e.g., the article and commentaries on modeling scientific revolutions, and also Maloney...

1996 INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM DYNAMICS CONFERENCE Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., July 21-25, 1996. Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel, Kendall Square. Plenary sessions will emphasize state-of-the-art applications and methodological advances in simulation modeling and systems thinking. CONTACTS: Alexande...

Eberlein asks: > |---> sales --> revenue --> budget to sales force -| > | | > |------ sales force <---- target sales force <----| In every example of such a structure that I know of there are minor negative loops -- perhaps hidden in an averaging process (a smooth) or in the formulation for an outfl...

Dr. Gill writes: >What does the word holistic mean, or even more importantly, what does it >imply for things like management, policy and research? Is holistic an >acceptable term in the territory of SD? Are holistic and systems >synonymous terms? "Holism" was coined in the 1890s, I think, ...

Regarding food enterprise and other models: The best reply to questions of this sort is to suggest obtaining a copy of the system dynamics bibliography on disk. It is formulated in EndNote for either the PC or the Mac and is available from the System Dynamics Society, Julia Pugh, executive director,...

>Im beginning work with an inter-agency group looking at variables which >influence juvenile crime in order to identify gaps in the service system at >points before and after crimes have been committed. Representatives >include schools, non-profits, courts, corrections, police. I"m wondering if...

Shaun Tang writes: >As part of my PhD program, I would like to study more about the topic of >optimisation in the system dyanmics context. > >It seems that this topic can be branched out into three issues: >1. whether optimisation is part of the "conventional" SD methodologies? >2. what is...