Theory and Practice in System Dynamics Modelling
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2018) | Viewed by 77742
Special Issue Editor
Interests: system dynamics; systems engineering; modelling; simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
System dynamics has reached its seventh decade of existence. During the previous six decades, it has helped to improve our understanding of the world around us in various domains, such as business, economics, environment, health, human behavior, information and knowledge management, public policy, security, strategic decision-making, and learning and teaching. System dynamics applies to dynamic problems arising in complex social, economic, biological, ecological, or even technical systems. Literally, any system characterized by interdependence, mutual interaction of its parts, feedbacks with embedded non-linearity, delays, or circular causality, are subjects of interest. The field developed initially from the work of Jay W. Forrester, focused on industrial dynamics. However, nowadays, system dynamics represents a methodological approach, for which tools and techniques have already been developed and applied by academicians, consultants, practitioners, educators, managers or policy makers. Together with significant results in particular fields, growing interest in system dynamics also brings challenges related to the research and application of related tools. This Special Issue invites papers covering a broad range of topics, ranging from methodological issues to application case studies. We will accept papers for peer review in the following areas of interest:
- Case studies from various domains based on robust and strict methodology
- Analysis of feedback loops
- Comparative analysis with other modelling approaches
- Computer simulations
- Identification of generic structures or system archetypes
- Advances of system dynamics methods and tools for more appropriate analysis of system behavior
- Issues related to modelling and simulation of hard or soft systems
- Strategies and procedures applicable in modelling and simulations
- Application of systems thinking in practice
- Capturing of dynamics in mental models
- Teaching and learning of system dynamics
- Software packages for system dynamics modelling
Dr. Vladimír Bureš
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- System dynamics
- Simulation and modelling
- Mental model
- Feedback loop
- Hard and soft systems
- System structure and behavior
- Stock-and-flow diagram
- Causal-loop diagram
- System dynamics software packages
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