SD Primer

[Robert Glitz]

Greetings,

We are getting ready to bring together a team of subject matter experts
for a modeling project and wed like to send out some read ahead
material to "prime the pump" on some aspects of the project.

Does anyone know of or have access to a good primer on SD that we can
mail out? It should be about 5-10 pages, not too technical, and meaty
enough to stimulate some higher expectations. The readers will have no
prior modeling or simulation experience.

Thanks for any help.

Robert Glitz, LtCol, USAF
rglitz@erols.com

[PKucera@aol.com]

Bob:

You might consider "Systems Thinking: Lets Just Get On With It" authored by
HPS Managing Director Barry Richmond.

It first appeared in the SD Review, Volume 10 Summer-Fall 1994. Its
available at the HPS web site: http://www.hps-inc.com. You may also
request a reprint from HPS Customer Service: 603.643.9636.

Hope this helps.

Paul Kucera
PKucera@aol.com

[nlux@MIT.EDU (Nan S. Lux)]

To Bob Glitz:
What about Chapter 1 of the Road Maps workbook? See http://sysdyn.mit.edu

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