REPLY The Death of System Dynamics? (SD6214)

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Posted by  "Jay W. Forrester" <jforestr at MIT.EDU>

I am working on a book that will perhaps have the title, "A General 
Theory of Economic Behavior," that will cover the essence of what has 
appeared in the papers below and other papers from that same project. 
It will be slow going for the next six months because we are in the 
process of moving, from the house we have occupied for 55 years to a 
nearby apartment that is under construction, with many details to be 
done in the short term.

I agree with the challenge below that the headlines, if not of transient 
events, should be inspirations for system dynamics books addressed to the 
public.  The big issues are no harder to deal with than the little ones, 
and represent a much more rewarding Payoff/effort ratio.   They are in 
reach of individual authors without financial sponsorship.  Sponsorship 
can inhibit the freedom to expose the important, but unpopular, policies 
that should be brought to public notice. 


>"Whatever is in the headlines today could benefit from a systems analysis"

>MIT papers from 1984: "Introduction to the System Dynamics National Model
>Structure" (D-3573) and "Preliminary Proposal for Continuation of The
>Program on the System Dynamics National Model" (D-3636).

Jay W. Forrester
Professor of Management
Sloan School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room E60-156
Cambridge, MA  02139 
Posted by  "Jay W. Forrester" <jforestr at MIT.EDU>
posting date  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:49:16 -0500