The use of system dynamics simulation in water resources management

I Winz, G Brierley, S Trowsdale - Water resources management, 2009 - Springer
In this paper we discuss the use of system dynamics as a methodology with which to
address dynamically complex problems in water resources management. Problems in …

All models are wrong: reflections on becoming a systems scientist

JD Sterman - System Dynamics Review: The Journal of the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Thoughtful leaders increasingly recognize that we are not only failing to solve the persistent
problems we face, but are in fact causing them. System dynamics is designed to help avoid …

System dynamics modeling for public health: background and opportunities

JB Homer, GB Hirsch - American journal of public health, 2006 - ajph.aphapublications.org
The systems modeling methodology of system dynamics is well suited to address the
dynamic complexity that characterizes many public health issues. The system dynamics …

Learning from evidence in a complex world

JD Sterman - American journal of public health, 2006 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Policies to promote public health and welfare often fail or worsen the problems they are
intended to solve. Evidence-based learning should prevent such policy resistance, but …

System dynamics at sixty: the path forward

J Sterman - System Dynamics Review, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The late Jay Forrester founded the field of system dynamics 60 years ago. On this
anniversary I ask what lessons his remarkable life of innovation and impact hold for the field …

Fostering a Whole-Institution Approach to Sustainability through Systems Thinking: An Analysis of the State-of-the-Art in Sustainability Integration in Higher Education …

O Christou, DB Manou, S Armenia, E Franco… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Policy initiatives from the United Nations and EU institutions have emphasized the need for
higher education institutions (HEIs) to fulfil a significant role in green transitioning. However …

Expert knowledge elicitation to improve formal and mental models

DN Ford, JD Sterman - … Dynamics Review: The Journal of the …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge intensive processes are often driven and constrained by the mental
models of experts acting as direct participants or managers. Descriptions of these …

Towards the definition and use of a core set of archetypal structures in system dynamics

EF Wolstenholme - System Dynamics Review, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
There has been considerable research in the field of system dynamics over the last decade
concerned with defining generic structures and templates by which to classify structures and …

Model calibration as a testing strategy for system dynamics models

R Oliva - European Journal of Operational Research, 2003 - Elsevier
System dynamics models are becoming increasingly common in the analysis of policy and
managerial issues. The usefulness of these models is predicated on their ability to link …

Validation in simulation: Various positions in the philosophy of science

GB Kleindorfer, L O'Neill… - Management Science, 1998 - pubsonline.informs.org
There is still considerable doubt and even anxiety among simulation modelers as to what
the methodologically correct guidelines or procedures for validating simulation models …