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You might try Anne Quaadgras; she has experience in modeling these types of phenomena and is also likely to have a good handle on the existing literature. She is located in New York City and is listed in the System Dynamics directory. Good luck, Greg Greg Scholl Principal Booz Allen & Hamilton 1...

>From: John Trimble <trimble@scs.howard.edu> >Given the exponential growth in the prison population in this country, >fueled by anti-drug laws and prison without parole laws, Im interested >in studying this situation/problem using system dynamics. Does anyone >know of related work in the U.S., Europ...

Mike McCann wrote: "If you dont know whats on the clients mind you cant address their real issues. Any one who thinks otherwise has either been lucky (once) or doesnt have to sell consulting services for a living. <<snip>> So IMHO, for the REAL WORLD where you find your own salary, dont work to...

In response to CESIMO-ULAs comments about structural simulation and SD: >(Khalid Saeed) mentions as a method to assure SC capabilities: "to incorporate, >into the reference mode, multiple case histories with contradicting patterns. >This way latent structure for re-enacting those patterns, and ...

Jim Hines writes: "Lets first be clear that this benefit of time_series data -- i.e. gaining acceptance -- is separate from the idea of generating insight, I think few system dynamicists would suggest that point-by-point adherence to time-series data is a critical test of model confidence. Howe...

Not to harp, but I think this is an important point ... Sam Israelit says: "iThink and Vensim have made it significantly easier for "the common person" to develop powerful models with out having to bother with the details of numerical integration and math." I think you would be h...

Jim Hines writes: >"To get from 4 people to 500 people in 35 years requires a (continusously >compounded) average growth rate of about 14%." I think this is a dangerous assumption as the average skill set of the first four is probably quite different than that of the current 500. No slight...