REPLY Renaming System Dynamics (SD6356)

[SDMAIL Monte Kietpawpan]

Posted by  Monte Kietpawpan <kietpawpan at yahoo.com>

WAS Please Capitalize System Dynamics (SD6350)

Toward the new name, I suggest one name for the field.
System dynamics may become 'systemdynamics'. 
The advantages of this term are as follows:
   
  1. The term has already entered common parlance 
among system dynamicists.  
2. The domain-name 'systemdynamics.org' needs no change. 
3. Such a domain becomes consistent with the field name.  
4. The term is shorter than ever and thus reduces printing cost.
5. Systemdynamics is a very specific key word.
6. When ones say the field name, 'System dynamics' 
and 'systemdynamics' sound the same.
7. This name serves to distinguish the field from other fields.
8. Systemdynamics might become a dictionary entry more easily.
9. Making use of this name can reduce a delay in the 
evolution of English. William Strunk and E.B. White write,
   
   "..The steady evolution of the language seems to favor union: 
two words eventually become one, usually after 
a period of hyphenation..." 
   
  Another issue is the desired definition of the field. 
I propose the following:
 
systemdynamics n. the branch of science that seeks to 
understand and modify the feedback structure of 
dynamic problems in any system.
   
  MK



  Monte Kietpawpan 
Ph.D. Student, 
Faculty of Environmental Management 
Prince of Songkla University 
Songkhla, 90112, Thailand
Posted by  Monte Kietpawpan <kietpawpan at yahoo.com>
posting date  Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:36:30 -0700 (PDT)