Ventana software support forum

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Dan, The classic (1980's) work is by R.G. Coyle, ""A System Description of Counter Insurgency Warfare"", Policy Science 18 (1985) 55-78. I have sent it to a New York Times reporter in the past. Email me ...

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Can anyone direct me to system dynamics literature in Arabic? Translations of classic texts (Industrial Dynamics, The Limits to Growth, etc.), sources of published papers, learning guides, and software guides are all welcom...

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Bruce Skarin suggests an interesting topic. We presented a paper on illegal immigration in Nijmegen this year. (Borders as Membranes: Metaphors and Models for Improved Policy in Border Regions, by Leonard Malczynski, Krista...

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Vince Tidwell, Tom Lowry (both Sandia National Laboratories) and Suzanne Pierce (University of Texas) are convening a session entitled ""Numerical Modeling in Support of Water Resource Decision Making and Policy I...

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Perhaps I am too young for a historical perspective. What has happened to the application of the methodology in social science? Recently there have been suggestions that we publish in domain journals, i.e. outside the SDR. ...

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Fred, There was a thread about SD and hydrology in April of this year. You may also want to find a copy of System Simulation for Regional Analysis An Application to River Basin Planning by H.R. Hamilton, et. al., MIT Press ...

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Chae Kwan Jung Here is a paper citation. Please send me an email and I can forward you the paper. Regards, Len VALIDATING A MANUFACTURING PARADIGM: A SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING APPROACH Richard A. Reid Elsa L. Koljonen Anders...

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Greetings, As Bob Eberlein emphasized, SD is not defined by the software, but by the methodological approach. Fortunately or unfortunately we sometimes/always add extra-methodological features to many of our models. Softwar...

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov> Antar, We have a small group here at the laboratory that partners with several universities to build 'water' models. Both of the primary modelers are out of town at the moment so let me try to summarize what we have been do...