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by Eric Wolstenholme
Wed Jun 25, 1997 11:27 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Stocks and flows and word-and-arrow diagrams
Replies: 4
Views: 3648

Stocks and flows and word-and-arrow diagrams

I have watched this space with interest over the past few months and learned a lot from the interchanges taking place. I would personally like to thank all contributors. I often wondered which subject would eventually provoke me to contribute myself and today discovered what it was - model conceptua...
by Eric Wolstenholme
Thu Apr 24, 1997 2:02 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: System Dynamics in the elevator
Replies: 22
Views: 17148

System Dynamics in the elevator

It occurs to me that one neat way of expressing an elevator (lift) definiton of system dynamics might be to present it as a mission statement. Here goes: The what, why and how of system dynamics: What: A rigorous way to help thinking, visualising, sharing, and communication of the future evolution o...
by Eric Wolstenholme
Thu Apr 10, 1997 11:34 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Optimisation in System Dynamics
Replies: 21
Views: 10469

Optimisation in System Dynamics

Bob, and many others who have responded to the optimisation dabate. I have personally used optimisation for policy design and compared it with conventional policy design on the same model and would comment on this experience as follows. History. There was extensive optimisation research carried out ...