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Posted by ""Mike Fletcher"" <mefletcher@gmail.com> I would like to add some comments regarding your reference to abductive inference, ""triangulation"" and Model Validation. Many published definitions of abductive inference are a bit vague and that has lead to...

Posted by ""Mike Fletcher"" <mefletcher@gmail.com> Klein's book is good, and I too found it very interesting, but I think it's important to point out that his conclusions probably only hold in respect to expert judgement in respect to their specific area of expertise. Most of his...

Posted by Mike Fletcher <mefletcher@gmail.com> In comment and response to your post, I think it would be safer to say that System Dynamics spans disciplines rather than unifies them. The System Sciences in general tend to be more interdisciplinary (or transdisciplinary as Russell Ackoff called it) s...

Posted by Mike Fletcher <mefletcher@gmail.com> Yes it was a nice article. However, I thinks your assessment of what can be defined as ""evidence"" is perhaps a bit optimistic. Such a tipping point would be evidenced by decision makers actually using simulations more frequently to...