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Posted by Jim Duggan <jim.duggan@nuigalway.ie> Hi: Just a quick note to thank people for their responses (through the SD list and also direct emails). They have provided me with a super range of perspectives and ideas on ABM, which I will be following up on. best regards, Jim. Posted by Jim Duggan <...

Posted by Jim Duggan <jim.duggan@nuigalway.ie> Hi, Is anyone aware of the fundamental techniques and approaches you might use to build an agent-based simulation system. For example, the underlying problem solving approach for SD is numerical integration, and designing a system to implement this is a...

Posted by Jim Duggan <jim.duggan@nuigalway.ie> Hi, A couple of books that describe system dynamics within the context of systems thinking approaches are: Robert Flood and Michael Jackson. ""Creative Problem Solving: Total Systems Intervention."" Wiley 1991. Jonathan Rosenhead, Jo...

Posted by Jim Duggan <jim.duggan@nuigalway.ie> Hi, I'd be interested in opinions on how best to formulate an equation for Desired Resources in a capacity constrained system. For example, consider a simple two stock system. One of the stocks is ""Backlog"", the other is "&quo...

Posted by Jim Duggan <jim.duggan@nuigalway.ie> Hi, While not an direct answer to your query, I think it is worth mentioning that System Dynamics is described as one of many simulation approaches for Social Scientists in the book: ""Simultion for the Social Scientist"" by Nigel Gi...

Posted by Jim Duggan <jim.duggan@nuigalway.ie> Hi, The following paper is definitely worth a look (this years conference) as it explores ways of combining decision analysis and system dynamics. Osgood, Nathaniel Combining System Dynamics and Decision Analysis for Rapid Strategy Selection http://www....