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For beginners, you might follow up on Bart Koskos Fuzzy Adaptive Maps in
his FIZZUY THINKING (1993).
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->From: system-dynamics-approval
->To: system-dynamics
->Subject: Using system dynamics to model "soft" variables.
->Date: Sunday, December 18, 1994 03:26AM
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->Hi,
->
->I just finished taking the introductory system dynamics class at MIT.
->One of the topics we discussed was modeling "soft" variables: things
->like love, motivation, etc. Jay Forrester mentioned building a model
->of DEC back in the early 70s which reflected Ken Olsons personality,
->etc.
->
->While we discussed these in class, we didnt actually DO any of it.
->Nor did we see any models (except one, briefly, the last day) that
->really gave any good idea how to model these things in a meaningful
->way.
->
->Does anyone have any references, or pointers to where I could
->see/touch/hear about this aspect of system dynamics modeling? "Soft"
->variable modeling seems to be one of the distinguishing
->characteristics of this brand of model building.
->
->Thanks,
->
->Stever
->
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->Stever Robbins stever@mit.edu stever@verstek.com
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-> "Youre only young once, but you can be immature forever."
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