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>I hope this doesnt split the hair too finely...I think of SD as the tool >that leads to an understanding of the problem. Using SD to formulate the >problem statement leads to identifying the leverage points. SD may not >reveal the solutions themselves, but in a later phase, can be used to test >the...

Maybe I missed it, but I see the whole issue of the serious study of SD before modeling is a mute point. It depends on where you are in the cycle of level of understanding the problem, clear formulation of the problem and attempted solution, etc. (a typical SD diagram?). If the problem is poorly und...

Jaideep: Thanks I was going to use SD as an organizing paradym first (to help the students understand the overall dynamics elationships in the field of study) and then explore quantatitive solutions using SD and optimization approaches. Does that sound reasonable? What problems should I expect/fores...

Bill: What do you model with the stocks and flow? Im tempted (a la Richmond) to use stocks and flows first (I find that easier to explain) using SD first as an organizing paradym, then launch into optimization "submodels" and use both approaches to solve business problems/cases. Sound work...

Ill be teaching this 400 level business course this fall and was thinking of using SD as an organizing framework for the course. Its a course in management science so the perspective is that of optimal decision-making looking at production, market, distribution and financing questions in the managem...

As part of an overall fiscal impact model of the City of Edmontons infrastructure, weve built a system dynamics model (using Vensim) that accounts for the stock of various assets and the impact of population, assessment base and other revenues on the need for funding of new ehab assets. Our focus ha...