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Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> Thanks Jack for the references, especially the book. I don't work in the medical field, and have been out of SD for a while too (though my Ph. D. work was a detailed study and extension of SD LTG models) - so I am not up with the literature. I was intrigued by ...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> I am wondering if there is/are publicly available paper/s and/or system dynamics model/s simulating the role of various hormones (insulin, glucagon, etc.) in diabetes, for understanding and management of the disease. I vaguely remember there being something in ...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> Thanks to everyone who replied to my post with their kind words. Some people asked for my Ph. D. reference: ""Environment and Development - A Study of North-South Conflict"". If interested, you may contact the publishers at UMI Dissertation ...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> I think modeling a system is fine - it can be a small abstract model or a large, detailed model of the system. The exercise of modeling the system can in itself shed light on some problems and/or help understand things better. I think the mantra of ""...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:33 AM, SDMAIL Stephen Wehrenberg > Has anyone modeled Lester Brown's solutions to the LTG problem? I My Ph. D. work almost 15 years ago (1993-1996 - three hard years) started out with recognizing the problems Lester Brown and WorldWatch...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> In reply to Martin's description of modeling of the Chilean economy, I had done similar work using the Limits to Growth (LTG) model. As I understand it, LTG was done collaboratively by different authors working on population (Dana Meadows), agriculture, resourc...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> Having done a game-theoretic analysis of North-South issues on environment and development in my Ph. D. work, I find it fascinating that LTG issues keep on cropping up, and the LTG folks seem to have been right. Accurate projections would have been impossible (...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> Not a bad idea at all!! However I thought some SD people (Barry Richmond of Stella, e.g.) were already very good at this kind of explanation and descriptions (so much so that reading the Stella manual was a real well-meant advice for people trying to get into S...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> Kim writes: ""I also like a quote from Jeff Bezos - ex Wall St star-analyst and founder of Amazon .. ""When it comes to the important decisions, data beats intuition every time""."" This quote reminded me of one of the ma...

Posted by j-d <jaideep@optimlator.com> Greetings Everyone: I have been away from the list for a while but have read this topic with much interest. About 5-6 years ago we used to have similar debates and I have seen the same kinds of debates in Operations Research and Urban Planning communities. It i...