System Dynamics

Edited by : Yaman Barlas,

Department of Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey

System Dynamics: Systemic Feedback Modeling for Policy Analysis

Yaman Barlas, Industrial Engineering Department, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Systems Dynamics in Action: Selected Examples

Urban Dynamics

Louis Edward Alfeld, ScD. Bethesda, MD, U.S.A

Supply Chain Dynamics, The “Beer Distribution Game” and Misperceptions in Dynamic Decision Making

John D. Sterman, MIT System Dynamics Group, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Market Growth, Collapse and Failures to Learn from Interactive Simulation Games

M. Paich, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, USA
John D. Sterman, MIT System Dynamics Group, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

A Dynamic Model of Cocaine Prevalence

Jack B. Homer, Homer Consulting, USA

Ecological Interactions: Predator and Prey Dynamics on the Kaibab Plateau

Andrew Ford, Program in Environmental Science and Regional Planning, Washington State University, USA

Research and Development, Technological Innovations and Diffusion

Peter M. Milling and Frank H. Maier, Industrieseminar der Universität Mannheim, Mannheim University, Germany

Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations

On the History, the Present and the Future of System Dynamics

Jay W. Forrester, MIT System Dynamics Group, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Different Philosophical Positions and System Dynamics

Yaman Barlas, Department of Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey

Intellectual Roots and Philosophy of System Dynamics

Willard R. Fey, Ecocosm Dynamics Ltd., USA

The Role of System Dynamics within the Systems Movement

Markus S. Schwaninger, Institute of Management (IfB), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

System Thinking, Modeling and Organizational Learning

P. Senge

Methodology for Systematic Feedback Modeling

Step by Step Illustration of the Methodology

James H. Hines

Mental Models of Dynamic Systems

James K. Doyle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
David N. Ford, Texas A&M University, USA
Michael J. Radzicki, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
W. Scott Trees, Siena College, USA

Knowledge Elicitation

Jac A.M. Vennix, Nijmegen School of Management, Methodology Department, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands

Qualitative and Quantitative Modeling in System Dynamics

R. Geoff Coyle, Cranfield University, UK

Testing of Models by Direct Experiments

John Sterman

Sensitivity Analysis

Andrew Ford, Program in Environmental Science and Regional Planning, Washington State University, USA

Technical Issues in Modelling and Simulation

Equilibrium and Stability Analysis

Javier Aracil, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Francisco Gordillo, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Complex Non-linear Dynamics and Chaos

Erik Mosekilde

Simulation Software and Numerical Issues

Alexander L. Pugh, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Optimization of Systemic Feedback Models

Brian Charles Dangerfield

Probabilistic and Statistical Formulations and Issues

Brian Charles Dangerfield

Policy Improvement and Implementation Issues

Improved Policy Design

Public Policy

Ali N. Mashayekhi, Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology and Institute for Research in Planning and Development, Iran

Strategic Management, Systems Thinking and Modeling

Erich Zahn, Department of Business Administration, Universitat Stuttgart, Germany

Implementation Issues

James M. Lyneis, Department of Social Science and Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

Group Model Building

Jac A.M. Vennix, Nijmegen School of Management, Methodology Department, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands

Modeling for Learning and Interactive Environments

Pal I. Davidsen

System Dynamics and Sustainable Development

A Pervasive Duality in Economic Systems: Implications for Development Planning

Khalid Saeed, Social Science and Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

The ECOCOSM Paradox

Willard R. Fey, Ecocosm Dynamics Ltd., USA
Ann C. W. Lam, Ecocosm Dynamics Ltd., USA

Lessons from Electric Utility Modeling

Andrew Ford, Program in Environmental Science and Regional Planning, Washington State University, USA

Irrigation Projects, Agricultural Dynamics And The Environment

Ali Kerem Saysel, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Public Infrastructure/Public Finance

Ali N. Mashayekhi, Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology and Institute for Research in Planning and Development, Iran

System Dynamics for Discerning Developmental Problems

Khalid Saeed, Social Science and Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA