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by Jack Homer jhomer comcast.net
Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:03 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Explaining Validation
Replies: 11
Views: 8300

Explaining Validation

Posted by ""Jack Homer"" <jhomer@comcast.net> Good questions, Tim. People ask me about validation all the time, too. Many of them have statistical or other technical backgrounds and are thinking of confidence intervals and other numerical demonstrations of reliability via sensiti...
by Jack Homer jhomer comcast.net
Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:09 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: The "usefulness" of SD
Replies: 18
Views: 31161

The ""usefulness"" of SD

Posted by ""Jack Homer"" <jhomer@comcast.net> I'd like to respond to this question of how one can demonstrate the value of SD models, from the perspective of someone who makes his living doing SD for both commercial and government clients. Let's first make the assumption that the...
by Jack Homer jhomer comcast.net
Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:43 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Malaria prevention and control
Replies: 2
Views: 3549

Malaria prevention and control

Posted by ""Jack Homer"" <jhomer@comcast.net> Mike, See: James Ritchie Dunham and Jorge Mendez Galvan, ""Evalating Epidemic Intervention Policies with Systems Thinking: A Case Study of Dengue Fever in Mexico, System Dynamics Review, 15(2), Summer 1999. Also, pp. 300-323...
by Jack Homer jhomer comcast.net
Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:46 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Modeling Assistance Workshop July 18-19
Replies: 0
Views: 2521

Modeling Assistance Workshop July 18-19

Posted by ""Jack Homer"" <jhomer@comcast.net> Greetings from the organizers of this year's Modeling Assistance Workshop (5th annual) at this year's SD conference. This is a great opportunity for modelers, from novices to the more experienced, to receive one-on-one coaching from s...
by Jack Homer jhomer comcast.net
Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:45 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Shaping the Future" by Popper et al (was Problem Solving ver
Replies: 17
Views: 13478

Shaping the Future"" by Popper et al (was Problem Solving ve

Posted by ""Jack Homer"" <jhomer@comcast.net> George Simpson wrote: >> I didn't see the points about ""Limits to Growth"" as an implied criticism of >> the field at all....So whereas in the naive early days of the field, >> there may have been an implication o...