Conference Proceedings

The 13th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society
1995 Tokyo, Japan

The following papers were presented at the conference in parallel and plenary sessions. The original printed proceedings, edited by Toshiro Shimada and Khalid Saeed, were printed in hardcopy (Volume I: Plenary Program and Volume II: Parallel Program) and distributed at the conference. Below please find the Paper Index for these proceedings, including a link to the paper when available. Papers are listed alphabetically by the last name of the first author. To find a paper by an author who is not the first author, simply search on the author's name. Available papers are Acrobat (.pdf) files and can be read using Acrobat Reader available from http://www.adobe.com.

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PAPER INDEX - listed alphabetically by first author:

Volume I: Plenary Programs

Acharya, Surya Raj with Khalid Saeed A Search for an Operational Environmental Policy Based on the "Limits to Growth" Study

Barney, Gerald O. with Robert Eberlein, Weishuang Qu and P.D. Sharma The Threshold 21: Sustainable Development Model

Choucri, Nazli with Rebecca Berry Sustainability and lateral Issues: A Model

Fiddaman, Thomas Formulation Experiments with a Simple Climate/ Economy Model

Ford, Andrew System Dynamics and the Sustainable Development of the Electric Power Industry

Ginsberg, Ari with John Morecroft Systems Thinking and the Case Method

Higa, Teruo Soft Landing into the Twenty- First Century: The Requirements

Kim, Dong-Hwan with Jae-Ho Jun Hierarchical Approach in System Dynamics Modeling

Kodama, Fumio Techno-Paradigm Shift and its Research Methodology

Lane, David The Folding Star: A Comparative Reframing and the Extension of Validity Concepts in System Dynamics

Milling, Peter M. Managing and Understanding Technological Innovations

Morita, Michiya with Nobuhide Tanaka, Harunori Mori and Yutaka Takahashi Communication Network Systems for Competitiveness: The Japanese World Class Manufacturing Case

Myrtveit, Magne Models Crossing the Boundaries of Tools

Piattelli, M. with R.G. Coyle On The Modeling of Sea Power: An Extension of the Polis Model in a Competitive Scenario

Radzicki, Michael J. with W. Scott Trees A System Dynamics Approach to Sustainable Cities

Richardson, George P. Chaos from Generic Structures: A Cautionary Tale

Richardson, George P. Problems for the Future of System Dynamics

Saeed, Khalid The Organization of Learning in System Dynamics Practice

Sterman, John with Nelson Repenning and Fred Kofman Unanticipated Side Effects of Successful Quality Programs: Exploring a Paradox of Organizational Improvement

Winch, Graham W. Understanding the Dynamics of Technology Switching in Seeking to Maintain International Competitiveness

Wolstenholme, Eric F. Systems Thinking, System Dynamics

Zahn, Erich with Jurgen Greschner Strategic Evalution of Flexible Assembly Systems-Combining Hard and Soft Decision Criteria

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Volume II: Parallel Programs

Akkermans, Henk Quantifying the Soft Issues: A Case Study in the Banking Industry

Aoki, Toshiaki with Hajime Inamura An Urban Growth Modeling Based On Urban Attraction

Aslam, Javaid with Khalid Saeed Electricity Conservation in Domestic Sector of Pakistan: A System Dynamics Approach

Bajpai, Anil K. with Phillip C.T. Wiley Dynamic Model of Purchasing Quality

Banerjee, Souvik with Mohit Junja and Pratap K. J. Mohapatra IGRASP-A System Dynamics Software Package With Automatic Code Generation Facility

Bianchi, Carmine An Educational Dynamic Model for Net Working Capital Management in a Trading Wholesale Firm

Bianchi, Carmine with Habib Sedehi Dynamic Modeling for "Products Portfolio" Management and New Products Launching

Brooke, Kathleen The Momentum Of Success: The Role of Construction in the Thailand Economic Boom

Cavaleri, Steven with John Sterman Towards Evaluation of Systems Thinking Interventions: A Case Study

Cavana, R.Y. with R.D. Hughes Strategic Modeling for Competitive Advantage

Chen, Jin with Xu Qingrui and Shao Shaomin A System Thinking Approach to Select Avenue of Science & Technology Development

Clark, Thomas D. with Hironori Kurono A Conversion Table of DYNAMO into STELLA II

Das, Bhakta with Manas Bandyopadhyay and Pratap K. J. Mohapatra System Dynamics Modeling of an Activated Sludge Plant

Di Stefano, Julia From Control to Chaos: A System Dynamics model of Interpersonal Communication

Dowling, Anne M. with Roderick H. MacDonald and George P. Richardson Simulation of Systems Archetypes

Egol, Morton Information Age Accounting: Catalyst and Enable of the Self-Organizing Enterprise

Forest, Tom Sustainable Civilization: Cohesion, Capacity and External Contacts

Ganter, Susan L. with James K. Doyle and Micheal J. Radzicki Assessing System Dynamics Curricula: Past, Present and Future

Genta, Peter J. with Donald A. Seville Economic Lift-Off, Boom and Bust: A System Dynamics View of the Bangkok, Thailand Economy 1980-1992

Georgantzas, Nicolas C. with James S. Fraser and Elvan Tugsuz Bipartisan Process Improvement in Polymer Coating: Combining System Dynamics with Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Georgantzas, Nicolas C. with Sharon P. Smith and James S. Fraser Allocation Dynamics of Resources Imperiled: AACSB, Students and Professors

Georgantzas, Nicolas C. with Andreas Schulte Can Consummate Concentric, Conglomerate, Constrained And Contractual Creatures Create Value? An Intricate Shakespearean Impromptu on Romancing the Deal

Gill, Roderic An Integrated Social Fabric Matrix /System Dynamics Approach to Policy Analysis

Gill, Roderic Planning Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems: A System Dynamics Approach

Grobman, Martin U. The Dynamics of Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry--Productivity of Traditional versus New Research Technologies

Han, Jiuqiang with Guoji Sun System Dynamics Simulation Software--Dynamox

Heinbokel, John F. with P. Jeffery Potash, Martin Engelken and Robert Green Programs To Support the Development of System Dynamics-Based Curricula

Jia, Ren'an A Mathematical Definition System of System Dynamics

Kim, Dong-Hwan with Doa Kim System Dynamics Model for A Mixed Strategy Game Between Police and Driver

Kim, Dong-Hwan A New Approach for Finding Dominant Feedback Loops: Loop By Loop Simulation for Tracking Feedback Loop Gains

Mitsuo, Kishi with Hosoda Ryusuke, Yamada Tomoki and Funahashi Hiroki Transport Forecasting Based on Artificial Life Concept

Kojima, Takahiro with Yutaka Takahashi, Kinya Machida and Teiichi Igarashi System Dynamics Model of the Tokyo System

Lane, David Diary of an Oil Market Model: How an Interactive System Dynamics Modeling Process Was Used with Shell Managers t o Resolve Conflict and Generate Insight

Langley, Paul A. Building Cognitive Feedback into a Microworld Learning Environment: Results from a Pilot Experiment

Lux, Nan with Eric Choi System Dynamics and The Internet

Maier, Frank H. Understanding the Dynamics Created by Management Decisions- A Vensim-based Simulation Approach for Management Education

Maier, Frank H. Innovation Diffusion Models for Decision Support in Strategic Management

Mandal, Purnendu Missing Links in Quality Initiatives in Australian Manufacturing Industry-A System Dynamics Analysis

Marquez, Adolfo with Rafael Usano and Antonio Herguedas Maintenance Models and System Dynamics

Melero, Rosa with Jose A.D. Machuca A Model for Learning about the Agricultural Business System

Mohapatra, Pratap K.L. Use of System Dynamics Diagrammatic Tools as Representation Schemes for Linear Programming Models

Mohapatra, Pratap K.L. Development and Maintenance Dynamics of a Software Business Firm

Mojtahedzadeh, Mohammad T. with George P. Richardson Confusion in the Polarity of Major Loops

Morgan, Tom with Bill Ammentorp Human Service Systems: A Theoretical Perspective

Musaphir, Hamza with Ostap Hawaleshka Understanding Strategy of a Manufacturing Based Learning Organization in Transition in the Twenty-First Century

Myrtveit, Magne Feeding Your Models with Real Business Data

Ogunlana, Stephen with Jason Lim and Khalid Saeed Civil Engineering Design Management Using a Dynamic Model

Ohta, Toshizumni with Antonio A. Montes and Tadashi Yamamoto A Dynamic Comparison of Organizational Design Alternatives

Palfrey, Terence Policy Design and the Problem of Fraud "Some Preliminary Ideas from Considering Fraud as a System Issue"

Piatteli, M. with Marta Cuneo, Nicola Bianchi and Nicola Triggiani A General Model to Support Transport Planning

Pierce, Chris Senior Management Standards, Management Development and Systems Thinking

Roca, Joan with Bill Ammentorp and Tom Morgan The Global Electronic Community: Modeling the Sociology of Self-Organization

Ryzhenkov, Alexander A Model of Capital Accumulation, Technological Progress and Long Waves

Saeed, Khalid Growth of Construction Activity in Thailand: Views of the System from Three Vantage Points

Simon, Martin System Dynamics in Engineering Education

Skelton, Sonia with Thomas Lynch, Craig F. Donaldson and M.H. Lyons Modeling Product Life Cycles from Customer Organization

Stoyanova, P. with A.O. Moscardini, M. Elliott and R. Woodward Order and Disorder in Creative Organizations

Suksawang, Orasa with Hari Srinivas Limits to Urban Growth and Urbanization- A case study of Bangkok Problem

Takahagi, Eiichiro Determination Methods of Rate Variable Using Fuzzy Theories

Tasrif, Muhammad Developing Countries Dilemma: Labor Intensive Technology or Capital Intensive Technology?

Torres, M.D. with R. Lechon A Dynamic Model of Labor Market

Usano, Rafael with Adolfo Marquez and Jose Torres Advanced Manufacturing System Dynamics: the Lean Production Approach

Ushijima, Masaharu with Koichi Hori and Setsuo Ohsuga Computer Aided Organizational Design

Vavik, Lars with Magne Myrtveit Object based dynamic modeling

Wang, Qifan with Xianyong Wang Organizational Flexibility and Learning Organization - Organization of CIMS Enterprise

Wang, Qifan with Jianzhong Yang Modeling for Study of the Prospect if a Metropolis

Wang, Qifan with Bo Xu, Guoping Yang and Jianzhong Yang Coordinated Development of Infrastructure in a Regional Economy

Wolstenholme, Eric F. Decision Analysis Using Dynamic Simulation

Yamamura, Etsuo with Seiichi Kagaya A System Dynamics Approach to Regional Impact of the Construction of a Submerged Floating Tunnel

Young, Jane A.O. The Use of Metaphor within a Soft System Intervention, A Fairy Story as an 'Alternative Rich Picture'

Young, Jane A.O. Soft Landing into the 21st Century - Cultural Gap or Cultural Trap

Young, Showing H. with Sy-Feng Wang Designing the Learning Environment of Learning Laboratory: Cognitive Strategy, Learning and Transfer

Young, Showing H. with Chia Chen A Study of Business Competition from a System Dynamics Perspective

Young, Showing H. with Lih-Lian Hwang A System Dynamic approach to the Hospital Nurse Turnover Problem in Taiwan

Yu, Jia-di with Xiu-jin Feng Problems of Population Control in China

Yusuf, Ijaz with Khalid Saeed A System Dynamics Approach to Analyze the Effect of High Set Up Time of Machines on Marketing Growth: The Case of Packages LTD. Pakistan

Zaraza, Ronald J. The CC-STADUS Project: Developing and Nurturing a Cadre of Pre-College Teachers Using System Dynamics/Computer Modeling in the Classroom

Zeng, Decong with Changrong Zhong A New Discourse on Technology Transfer