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by "Geoff McDonnell"
Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:23 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Knowledge Management and System Dynamics
Replies: 6
Views: 5411

Knowledge Management and System Dynamics

: "Haitan Rachman" wrote I > couldnt get the good result in my implementation. So I will apply > System Dynamics for evaluating and designing Agents in KM. > There were some recent papers on SD and agents at the ISDC2003 New York Meeting (try http://www.systemdynamics.org/ for a link). You...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Thu Dec 25, 2003 9:17 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Time Series for Innovations
Replies: 2
Views: 6399

Time Series for Innovations

There is a lot of data for Diffusion of Medical Technologies, including a book comparing many countries. Here is a recent report on Trends in Coronary Revascularisation (CABG Surgery and Angioplasty/Stenting) from Australia (a reasonably well-defined land mass) at http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:15 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: The Flu Game
Replies: 2
Views: 6247

The Flu Game

Fred Nickols suggestion of The Flu Game is a nice example of the dilemma of managing mismatches in supply and demand of any health intervention in time (and, of course, space) It could also be a specific form of The Vaccine Game which could address why some vaccines of less cost benefit to a communi...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Wed May 14, 2003 6:52 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Sample models for Nursing Homes
Replies: 1
Views: 2543

Sample models for Nursing Homes

Chen The closest wriiten references are to Eric WOlstenholmes work on UK health and community care The most accessible is A patient flow perspective of U.K. health services: exploring the case for new intermediate care initiatives Eric Wolstenholme System Dynamics Review Winter 1999 and there are ot...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Sat May 10, 2003 2:54 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Law and Policy System Dynamics
Replies: 3
Views: 4146

Law and Policy System Dynamics

Grant You may want to read a recent Book The Economic Dynamics of Environmental Law by David M Driesen MIT Press, 2003, ISBN 0 262 54139 4 and some (older) Articles Projecting the impact of law enforcement on cocaine prevalence Jack B Homer Journal of Drug Issues 1993 23(2): 281-295 Narcotics and th...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Thu May 30, 2002 8:08 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: one night in the ER - Emergency Room Simulation Game
Replies: 5
Views: 6751

one night in the ER - Emergency Room Simulation Game

JOdi Friday Night at the ER was developed by Bette Gardner at http://www.blearning.com/ Mark Heffernan of International System Dynamics Sydney Australia is a local contact at mheffernan@epi.com.au Regards Geoff McDonnell From: "Geoff McDonnell" <gmcdonne@bigpond.net.au> Sydney Australia Mo...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Mon Apr 15, 2002 8:09 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: This List, The System Dynamics Society, and Systemdynamicist
Replies: 2
Views: 6875

This List, The System Dynamics Society, and Systemdynamicist

Bruce Skarin wrote: > Finally I have most absent mindedly forgotten the work of one of my > colleagues: http://www.systemdynamicist.net/sd/index.php > Jared Rhoads has constructed a website This looks very promising, as Bruce suggests an integrated approach across several areas would be most desirab...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Tue Apr 17, 2001 4:32 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Leveraging the list-serve
Replies: 5
Views: 8908

Leveraging the list-serve

I support Georges ideas. The open source movement has several good exemplars of online incubators/facilitators which go beyond list-serves, such as https://sourceforge.net/ I also like Barry Richmonds SD commentary on topical issues ( Story of the Month) such as http://www.hps-inc.com/Terrorism_Stor...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Mon Apr 16, 2001 6:46 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Health care management and SD
Replies: 2
Views: 3629

Health care management and SD

Health System Dynamics Modelling (hospitals and departments) : some useful starters The System Dynamics Review Fall Issue 1999 Volume 15 was on Health and Health Care Dynamics and included an article on Spanish public hospitals. See http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=11215 for online...
by "Geoff McDonnell"
Mon Apr 09, 2001 9:40 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Modelling traditions - flavours of the same thing?
Replies: 7
Views: 6642

Modelling traditions - flavours of the same thing?

I believe that discussion of the relationship between SD (stock and flow) and CAS Complex Adaptive Systems (object or agent interactions) modelling would be a fruitful area. I see the SD approach based on the machine metaphor and CAS approach based on the living system metaphor. It seems very attrac...