Service Quality Microworld and Chemical Industry Models

[Tacito Velloso Nobre]

Dear SDers,

I have just subscribed to the list, so maybe my topics were already
discussed in the past. If so, please let me know.

1) I would like to exchange ideas with people who have already worked as
facilitators to the Service Quality Management Flight Simulator. I am
going to teach a course on Introduction to System Thinking and System
Dynamics next month to first year students in Industrial Engineering at
the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. There will be 70 students, who will
play the SQMFS for three weeks, trying to figure out the best strategies.

2) I am looking for system dynamics models for the Chemical and
Petrochemical industries. These are industries that seem very interesting
to model, because of huge price variations over time. I explained SD to
some friends who work in these industries but I could not show any
example of their particular interest.

Thank you very much for your time and attention.

Best Regards,

Tacito
taciton@swan.uspnet.usp.br

[Jack Homer <70312.2217@CompuServ]

Tacito Nobre wrote:
>>I am looking for system dynamics models for the Chemical and Petrochemical
industries.<<

Many, many SD models have been done for these industries. Of course, much of
this work is proprietary, but not all, as youll see by perusing the SD
Bibliography. I describe a simple model of chemical commodity price cycles,
based on work with Dow Chemical, in my article, "Why we iterate: scientific
modeling in theory and practice," System Dynamics Review 12:1 (Spring 1996), pp.
1-19.

Jack Homer
Homer Consulting
70312.2217@compuserve.com