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Posted by Roy Greenhalgh <rgreenh@attglobal.net> Michael I create far more qual than quant. Usually the qual is a representation of ideas with never the intention of getting numeric data to go to simulation stage. Qual SD maps are excellent sources for discussions. Roy Greenhalgh Bristol UK Posted b...

Colleagues Having just finished re-reading John Stermans acceptance speech at last years SDS conference, he reminds us of the importance of not just adequate, but good documentation of a model. Can anyone point me to good descriptions of such documentation? Thanks Roy Greenhalgh From: Roy Greenhalgh...

Dear Colleagues I enquire if anyone has done, or is doing work in modelling the effects of AIDS on populations in the countries of southern Africa, in particular, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Prior to some education work in senior secondary schools, Im interested to determine the likelihood of...

I would appreciate discussing with anyone who is using John Stermans
book as a primary source for learning SD. I want to discuss and share
solutions to his Challenges and other exercises.

Roy Greenhalgh

Alex Try looking at http://www.clexchange.org. This is the site of a group of teachers and lecturers in the US and Canada who a) adopt Systems Thinking in all of their work with students, and b) move on to causal loops and simulation models. Their site is stuffed full of worked examples and lesson n...

I am currently struggling with how to create boundaries around processes/systems. I have read a couple of texts about Computer Simulation, and find “Introduction to Computer Simulation” by Nancy Roberts, David Anderson, Ralph Deal et al very useful in this area. Could anyone recommend other texts or...