Overview
- Explains the basic principles of system dynamics, using a wealth of worked-out examples
- Includes numerous examples from various fields to show the broad range of applications for the principles of system dynamics
- Addresses the dynamics and complexity of current problems associated with developing and simulating models, and with design policies
- Provides a unique reference work for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Concepts, Methodology and Techniques
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Front Matter
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Cases and Applications
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Agricultural and aquacultural systems
- Complex issues and problems
- Computer simulation
- Environmental and socio-economic systems
- Industrial processes
- Management strategies for sustainable development
- Modelling of complex systems
- Policy Planning and Management
- System Dynamics
- Systems Analysis
- Systems thinking
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Professor Fatimah has a vast research experience on agricultural marketing and policy issues in Malaysia. She has carried out research on the following areas: marketing, price analysis, food security, structure-conduct-performance of selected Malaysian agricultural crops as well as agricultural policy evaluation. She teaches agricultural marketing, research methodology both for undergraduate and post-graduate levels at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). She was the Director of the Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, UPM (2005-2014). She has led a team of researchers to develop an econometric model of forecasting and simulation model of the agriculture sector for the Economic PlanningUnit, Prime Minister Department, Malaysia. She is also involved in the development of a system dynamics model (T21 model) for the Malaysian economy under the collaboration of the Economic Planning Unit and Millennium Institute, Washington. She is prolific in publications. She has written a total of 20 books, 49 chapters, 34 research reports, 74 journal articles, more than five hundreds of papers in proceedings, and seminars/conferences. She has received research grants from various sources and these include both international and local sources.
Associate Professor Kusairi Moohd Noh is currently the Head, Bio-resource and Environmental Policy Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. His specialisation is in the field of natural resource economics particularly in fisheries economics. He has a total of 40 years of research and consultancy experience in this field where he has received grants from both the international and local agencies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: System Dynamics
Book Subtitle: Modelling and Simulation
Authors: Bilash Kanti Bala, Fatimah Mohamed Arshad, Kusairi Mohd Noh
Series Title: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2045-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2043-8Published: 08 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9512-2Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2045-2Published: 28 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2192-4333
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4341
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 278
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 131 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agricultural Economics, Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics, Simulation and Modeling, Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Industrial Organization