Lynne Bernstein asks:
>Can you recommend a good reference book/source on different types of
graphic
>models (done by hand) that could be used to model different kinds/aspects
of
>systems? I am thinking about such things as state-transition diagrams,
>organization charts etc.
Well, almost anything can be drawn by hand, so I assume youre looking for
books that contain solid ideas about how to visually represent or portray
systems, etc. On that score, if you can find it, none is better than
Gordon Lippitts "Visualizing Change." Any university or college library
ought to be able to find a copy (and, No, you cant have mine).
Fred Nickols, Executive Director
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Graphic Modeling
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"Mick Carrick"
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Graphic Modeling
> Can you recommend a good reference book/source on different types
> of graphic models (done by hand) that could be used to model
> different kinds/aspects of systems? I am thinking about such things
> as state-transition diagrams, organization charts etc.
An excellent book which may still be in print is C.H. Waddingtons
"Tools for Thought". It makes extensive use of novel graphics using
ink and brush to elaborate difficult concepts.
Wad was a great developmental geneticist who developed the concept of
canalization - a state transition type concept. He wrote much of his
work pre-chaos theory but intuitively anticipated much of it. I
believe that Stuart Kaufmann and Brian Goodwin would both acknowledge
a considerable debt to Waddingtons thought; and his tools are simple
and good.
mick
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Dr Mick Carrick
Genetics
Victorian Institute of Animal Science
475 Mickleham Rd, Attwood, VIC, 3049, AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61 3 9217 4227
Fax: 61 3 9217 4359
Email: carrickm@woody.agvic.gov.au
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> of graphic models (done by hand) that could be used to model
> different kinds/aspects of systems? I am thinking about such things
> as state-transition diagrams, organization charts etc.
An excellent book which may still be in print is C.H. Waddingtons
"Tools for Thought". It makes extensive use of novel graphics using
ink and brush to elaborate difficult concepts.
Wad was a great developmental geneticist who developed the concept of
canalization - a state transition type concept. He wrote much of his
work pre-chaos theory but intuitively anticipated much of it. I
believe that Stuart Kaufmann and Brian Goodwin would both acknowledge
a considerable debt to Waddingtons thought; and his tools are simple
and good.
mick
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Dr Mick Carrick
Genetics
Victorian Institute of Animal Science
475 Mickleham Rd, Attwood, VIC, 3049, AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61 3 9217 4227
Fax: 61 3 9217 4359
Email: carrickm@woody.agvic.gov.au
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