QUERY System Dynamics without Feedback (SD6484)

[SDMAIL Kazem Yaghootkar]

Posted by  Kazem Yaghootkar <yaghootkar at yahoo.com>

Hi Everybody

  The website of the society introduces SD as:
   
  "System dynamics is a methodology for studying and managing complex 
  feedback systems, such as one finds in business and other social 
  systems"
   
  This definition is emphasising that SD is the methodology that is 
  for systems with feedback. However in many instances I have 
  developed models which uses stock and flows and are very helpful 
  for understanding the system behaviour but they do not have 
  feedback. Are these models still System Dynamics models?
   
  Kazem Yaghootkar
  Manchester Business School
Posted by  Kazem Yaghootkar <yaghootkar at yahoo.com>
posting date  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:58:08 +0100 (BST)