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Posted by ""Bob Cavana"" <Bob.Cavana@vuw.ac.nz> hello Martin, you raise a couple of extra interesting questions on this discussion topic: "" 1. how to compare ""cognitive maps"" and ""casual loop diagrams""? 2. why is the use of &...

Posted by ""Bob Cavana"" <Bob.Cavana@vuw.ac.nz> hello Martin, You have raised a very important point. The intepretation of the 'polarity' or 'direction' of the relationship between two variables in a Causal Loop Diagram (or Influence Diagram) is critical for the correct understan...

Posted by ""Bob Cavana"" <Bob.Cavana@vuw.ac.nz> hello Francisco, you might like to look at Case 4 'Mainland Beer distribution model' in K.E.Maani and RY Cavana (2000. Systems thinking and modelling: understanding change and uncertainty. Pearson Education New Zealand Ltd (Prentice...

Posted by ""Bob Cavana"" <Bob.Cavana@vuw.ac.nz> hello Martin, i have played the 'beer game' with students in small groups (ie 6 students) in New Zealand but my experience is that it is much more interesting for the students (and instructor!) to have 2 groups of 3 students (rather...

Posted by ""Bob Cavana"" <Bob.Cavana@vuw.ac.nz> George Simpson cites the article ""Shaping the Future"" by Popper, Lempert, and Bankes in the April edition of Scientific American. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=000935E5...

Posted by ""Bob Cavana"" <Bob.Cavana@vuw.ac.nz> Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops and Sessions The Sustainable Development of Asia Pacific --Multi-Conference on the applications of System Dynamics and the Disciplines of Management November 4 - 6, 2005 Tongji University Sh...

Posted by ""Bob Cavana"" <Bob.Cavana@vuw.ac.nz> 11th Annual ANZSYS Conference / Managing the Complex V <http://isce.edu> Systems Thinking and Complexity Science: Insights for Action 11th Annual ANZSYS Conference/Managing the Complex V 5-7 December, 2005, Christchurch, New Zealand...