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Response to Jay Forrests Inquiry on Systems Dynamics courses in Texas: The Futures Studies program at the University of Houston -- Clear Lake has a graduate level course in systems thinking. It is one of the required courses for the M.S. in Studies of the Future. Ive graduated from that program and ...

A In response to Genes comment: >If I start with an inital state for a stable system it should >unfold in an orderly fashion to a predictable future >state...unless the system is operating in the realm of chaos... Im not sure if Im understanding Genes comment correctly, but if I am, Im taking it to ...

Anyone know where I might get information about StarLogo, developed by Mitchell Resnick at MITs Media Lab I believe? Im looking for a language/tool that will make prototyping cellular automata and other massively parallel microworlds easier and quicker than BASIC or C/C++. Information on other langu...

In response to Stever Robbins inquiry on "soft" variables: My comments: I did a model in STELLA that used soft variables. The key variables are resistance to change, mental map changes, pain, and dissonance. (Can get much softer than that.) Im heading out of town for a couple of weeks over...