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Posted by ""Saeed, Khalid"" <saeed@WPI.EDU> Mike’s summary of past patterns of population growth and other concomitant trends is very helpful. When it comes to formulating a dynamic hypothesis, my observation is that we tend to tap again the historical information that creates an...

Posted by ""Saeed, Khalid"" <saeed@wpi.edu> Implementation is an important aspect of any policy design. Without attention to implementation process, policy recommendations would only issue a moral statement. A modeling exercises excluding policy implementation mechanisms may, how...

Posted by ""Saeed, Khalid"" <saeed@wpi.edu> Jim makes a good point. Defining a problem as a reference mode allows one to develop at least a preliminary mental model subsuming the phase relationships between the various trends in the fabric we call a reference mode. Several years ...

Posted by ""Saeed, Khalid"" <saeed@wpi.edu> I'd like to add a word about the idea of a System Dynamics Institute, which was discussed by the President's Committee at the 2007 Boston conference. I and my WPI colleagues have volunteered to develop a concept document outlining its r...