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irt Fred Nickols, SD0264 Ill grant you that you ought to be able to assume that MIT graduate students will be quick and mathematical, but the following items on your list of qualities, may or may not be guaranteed by hiring an MIT graduate student: --knowledgeable in general regarding organizations,...

For what its worth, one rather scathing critique of "Limits to Growth" was written by an economist named Nordhaus. The article was called something like "System Dynamics: Measurement without Data." It appeared in an ecomonics journal in the late 70s, I think. I dont recall the na...

I have long been intrigued by the concept of fixed vs. variable model structure. A few years back, I wrote a "think piece" that addresses this subject. The paper, called "Metamodeling Aspects of Model Conceputualization," was prepared for the 1990 ISSS Conference. It is available...

TO: John StermanFROM: Wayne Wakeland DATE: 2/29/96 Rather than respond publicly to your comments since it will probably amount to more unsubstantiated generalizations, I thought I would respond privately. In my experience, which is admittedly mostly with amateur S-D modelers in the business environm...

NOTE TO THE LIST: I am sending this to the list as well as Mr. Gonzales due to the recent "vote" indicating that list members want to see responses even to requests made to specific individuals. Mr Gonzales-- This information was posted to the list about 6 weeks ago. The orginal article is...

Toms suggestions regarding better documentation support within the software packages sound good to me! Heres what I do whenever I work on a model. I have a Word document open that is based on a template developed by Ed Gallaher called "Instant Manual." I toggle back and forth between STELL...

EZ-IMPACT appears to very similar to a technique called KSIM developed by Julius Kane at the U. of British Columbia in the early 70s. It was first documented in Tech. Forecasting and Social Change, 1972, I believe. There was considerable follow-on work with KSIM by a various practicioners, including...