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I have found the comments below from Dr Mukherjee most interesting. They move the discussion further down to the deepest issues of what SD is supposed to be (as initially proposed by proposed by Forrester), what it has evolved to become, and what we want it to be in the future: a theory to describe ...

I believe that Richardsons point was that System Dynamics is not a computer application, but rather a scientific modelling methodology. I also believe there is nothing wrong with developing models as you describe, but this should be seen as an intiation stage of the modellet. Of course, a lot depend...

I read and was very impressed with this message from George Richardson. This is in my opinion a most critical issue in System Dynamics. Does this topic relate to the fact that Universities, as institutions, are inheriting the practices within business organisations? and that this is then trasnferred...