Systems of problems
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 1998 12:01 pm
Bill asks if we cant model systems, apparently thinking that we can.
Id ask Bill, if someone asked you to model a city (e.g., Cleveland),
would you know what to do? Id say I wouldnt, and I think you wouldnt
either. So I conclude I cant model a system, without some definition of
the dynamic problem focus of the modeling effort.
Im so attached to this notion of problem focus that I cant imagine you
would not agree with it. (Have to admit to my myopia here.) So could you
help me out by telling us what you have in mind when you suggest we can
model a "system"?
...George
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George P. Richardson G.P.Richardson@Albany.edu
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy Phone: 518-442-3859
University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY 12222 Fax: 518-442-3398
http://cnsvax.albany.edu/~gr383/
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Id ask Bill, if someone asked you to model a city (e.g., Cleveland),
would you know what to do? Id say I wouldnt, and I think you wouldnt
either. So I conclude I cant model a system, without some definition of
the dynamic problem focus of the modeling effort.
Im so attached to this notion of problem focus that I cant imagine you
would not agree with it. (Have to admit to my myopia here.) So could you
help me out by telling us what you have in mind when you suggest we can
model a "system"?
...George
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George P. Richardson G.P.Richardson@Albany.edu
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy Phone: 518-442-3859
University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY 12222 Fax: 518-442-3398
http://cnsvax.albany.edu/~gr383/
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