can you help me?

[susan gillman]

Hello, I am a MSc. student at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

I am interested in the field of System Dynamics, and its applications in
the field of Ecology,and Ecological Modelling.

I was delighted to find this newsgroup on the internet, and hope that I
will be able to correspond with the subscribers.

I am having some trouble finding specific examples of the use of
System Dynamics in the field of ecological modelling. I would greatly
appreciate any help you could provide in the form of references,
correspondence, or addresses.

Thank you for your help, and I hope to hear from you soon.

Susan Gillman
susag@ccsg.tau.ac.il

[jforestr@MIT.EDU (Jay W. Forrest]

The following may be of use to you:

Jay W. Forrester
jforestr@MIT.EDU

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Many of the major system dynamics books are available from:

PRODUCTIVITY PRESS
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Alfeld, Louis Edward, and Alan K. Graham. 1976. Introduction
to Urban
Dynamics. Portland, OR: Productivity Press. 333 pp.

Forrester, Jay W. 1961. Industrial Dynamics. Portland, OR:
Productivity Press. 464 pp.

Forrester, Jay W. 1968. Principles of Systems. (2nd ed.).
Portland,
OR: Productivity Press. 391 pp.

Forrester, Jay W. 1969. Urban Dynamics. Portland, OR:
Productivity
Press. 285 pp.

Forrester, Jay W. 1971. World Dynamics. (1973 second ed.).
Portland,
OR:
Productivity Press. 144 pp. Second edition has an added
chapter on
physical vs. social limits.

Forrester, Jay W. 1975. Collected Papers of Jay W.
Forrester. Portland,
OR: Productivity Press. 284 pp
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Forrester, Nathan B. 1973. The Life Cycle of Economic
Development.
Portland, OR: Productivity Press. 194 pp.

Goodman, Michael R. 1974. Study Notes in System Dynamics.
Portland, OR:
Productivity Press. 388 pp.

Lyneis, James M. 1980. Corporate Planning and Policy Design:
A System
Dynamics Approach. Portland, OR: Productivity Press. 520 pp.

Mass, Nathaniel J., ed., 1974. Readings in Urban Dynamics:
Volume I,
Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 303 pp.

Mass, Nathaniel J. 1975. Economic Cycles: An Analysis of
Underlying
Causes. Portland, OR: Productivity Press. 185 pp.

Meadows, Dennis L. 1970. Dynamics of Commodity Production
Cycles.
Portland, OR: Productivity Press. 104 pp.

Meadows, Dennis L., et al. 1974. Dynamics of Growth in a
Finite World.
Portland, OR: Productivity Press. 637 pp.

Meadows, Dennis L., and Donella H. Meadows, ed., 1973.
Toward Global
Equilibrium: Collected Papers, Portland, OR: Productivity
Press, 358
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Morecroft, John D. W., and John D. Sterman, ed., (1994).
Modeling for
Learning Organizationa, Portland, OR: Productivity Press,
400 pp.

Randers, Jorgen, ed., 1980. Elements of the System Dynamics
Method,
Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 488 pp.

Richardson, George P., and Alexander L. Pugh III. 1981.
Introduction to
System Dynamics Modeling with DYNAMO. Portland, OR:
Productivity Press.
413 pp.

Roberts, Edward B. 1978. Managerial Applications of System
Dynamics.
Portland, OR: Productivity Press. 562 pp.

Roberts, Nancy, David Andersen, Ralph Deal, Michael Garet,
William
Shaffer. 1983. Introduction to Computer Simulation: A
System Dynamics
Modeling Approach. Portland OR: Productivity Press, 562
pages

["William J. Costello"]

Susan,
In regards to ecological modeling with SD, one source if have used is
several texts by Mathias Ruth( B.U) and others. Go to
http://cees.server.BU.EDU
eadmoreMR.html on the WWW. Also there is a
Dynamic Spatial Ecosystem Modeling homepage accessible thru the server At
MIT (http://sysdyn.mit.edu) and look for "other links". Have fun
will

William J. Costello
costello@panther.middlebury.edu

[susan gillman]

Dear Mr. Forrester,

I was very pleasantly surprised to find a response from you on my email.
Thank you for the recommendations of both addresses and publications.
They are very helpful.

I hope to be in touch with you and other "System Dynamicists" in the future.

Sincerely,

Susan Gillman
susag@ccsg.tau.ac.il