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The frontiers of physical science and technology commanded attention dur ing the last two centuries. In the next century lies the frontier of better un derstanding of the behavior of social and economic systems. Ruth and Hannon join many other pioneers exploring this new frontier. By building on the profession of system dynamics, Ruth and Hannon con tribute to movement away from purely mental models, which necessarily lack adequate precision, toward more insightful and disciplined computer simulation models. The STELLA software used in this book is one of several computer applications created to implement the concepts of system dynam ics, a discipline that has been developed over the last 40 years and now ex tends into many fields of activity. System dynamics is beginning, even in kindergarten through 12th grade education, to provide a rigorous founda tion for dealing with dynamic change in mathematics, physics, social stud ies, environment, history, and even literature. Education at every level will be changing from teaching isolated facts to allowing students to explore those systems within which facts, policies, and individual relationships are embedded to develop their ability to think in terms of dynamic systems. This book includes elementary instruction in system dynamics modeling and in the STELLA software. It covers a wide range of material from simple building blocks of systems to models and mathematics of considerable complexity. The material opens many avenues for further exploration, re finement, and simplification.
- Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Modeling Dynamic Systems
Pages 3-29
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Disaggregation of Stocks
Pages 30-33
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System Boundaries in Space and Time
Pages 37-55
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Scheduling Flows
Pages 56-75
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Positive Feedback in the Economy
Pages 76-81
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Modeling Dynamic Economic Systems
- Authors
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- Matthias Ruth
- Bruce Hannon
- Series Title
- Modeling Dynamic Systems
- Copyright
- 1997
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4612-2268-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4612-2268-2
- Series ISSN
- 2199-2606
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 341
- Topics
