Resources

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Contents 1 Blogs / Forums / Wikis 2 Books 3 Case Studies 4 Education 5 Links & Portals 6 Organizations 7 Papers 8 Management Flight Simulators (MFS) 9 Programs 10 Models 11 Online Courseware 12 Webcasts 13 Games

Blogs / Forums / Wikis

• Climate Interactive blog by Drew Jones

• MetaSD blog by Tom Fiddaman

• Leverage Points Blog blog by Janice Molloy, Pegasus Communication

• Climate Teacher blog by Elizabeth Sawin

• Thinking About Systems by Linda Booth-Sweeney

• isee Blog

• HPSIG Wiki

• Leverage Point Modeling

• Tom Fiddaman's public modelwiki

• Realworld SD blog by Ralf Lippold, anybody interested in contributing is very welcome

• System Dynamics Discussion Forum

• WikiProject Systems

• To understand a complex world blog by Rolf Häsänen

• WikiSD:Community_Portal

Books

• Books on System Dynamics, Ralf Lippold's Amazon Listmania

• Business Dynamics, John D. Sterman's

• Computer-Assisted Theory Building: Modeling Dynamic Social Systems, Robert Hannemann

• Deeper System Dynamics, Tom Fiddaman's Amazon Listmania

• Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge

• Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Peter Senge

• Industrial Dynamics, Jay W. Forrester

• Modeling for Learning Organizations, John D.W. Morecroft and John D. Sterman

• Principles of Systems, Jay W. Forrester's

• Strategic Management Dynamics, Kim Warren. Application of a systems approach to business strategy.

• Strategic Modelling and Business Dynamics: A Feedback Systems Approach, John D.W. Morecroft

• Urban Dynamics, Jay W. Forrester

Languages other than English

• Dietrich Dörner, Die Logik des Misslingens. Strategisches Denken in komplexen Systemen

• System Dynamics in der Finanzindustrie

Case Studies

• Process Modeling Using System Dynamics, Max Hughes

Education

• Cornell System Dynamics Network

• MIT System Dynamics Group

• University of Bergen System Dynamics Group

• University of St. Gallen System Dynamics Group

• StewardshipModelling

Links & Portals

• Creative Learning Exchange

• The First Discipline

• Tom Fiddaman's links on del.icio.us

• Powersim Studio User group

• SD Mega Link List, Guenther Ossimitz's

• System Dynamics - Practical Usage in Businesses, Ralf Lippold is running this group on how SD can be more widely incorporated into the business world (and the public one as well;-))

• System Dynamik Peter Addor is running this group (German)

Organizations

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für System Dynamics

• System Dynamics Society

Papers

• Jay W. Forrester's papers at the MIT Sloan System Dynamics Group website

• Hazhir Rahmandad's papers at Virginia Tech (formerly PhD Student at MIT Sloan)

• Nelson Repenning's papers at MIT Sloan Management School

• John Sterman's papers at MIT Sloan Management School

• Bethge/ Schecker System Dynamics in High School Physics

Management Flight Simulators (MFS)

• MFS by John Sterman, Head of System Dynamics of MIT Sloan
• Forio Simulations (mostly) freel of charge available (some to be edited and embedded in own simulation models)

Programs

Relevant system dynamics programs; there are also a few new ones coming up

• Vensim - now also for native MacOS X
• Machinations a new program from the Netherlands

Overview see l Simulation_Tools

Models

• A good possibility to work collaboratively on a model is to use Skype in connection with Yugma, which enables desktop-sharing across different operating systems (such as Windows, Linux, Macintosh, etc.)

Online Courseware

• Advanced Topics in System Dynamics, PAD 824, Fall 2001, George P. Richardson

• Applied Systems Engineering, Sessions at Virginia Tech, Hazhir Rahmandad

• Applied Systems Thinking

• Applications of System Dynamics, MIT OpenCourseWare 15.875

• Advanced Topics in System Dynamics, PAD 824, Fall 2002, George P. Richardson

• Modeling the Environment, Andy Ford

• Road Maps: A Guide to Learning System Dynamics at The Creative Learning Exchange, Jay W. Forrester's

• Simulating Dynamic Systems, PAD 624, George P. Richardson

• Simulation for Policy Analysis and Design, PAD 724, George P. Richardson

• System & Project Management, MIT OpenCourseWare ESD.36J

• System and Project Management, Fall 2003, MIT OpenCourseWare ESD.36J / 1.432J / 13.615J

• System Dynamics Self Study, MIT OpenCourseWare 15.988, Jay W. Forrester

• System Dynamics for Business Policy, MIT OpenCourseWare 15.874 / 15.871

Webcasts

• Agent Based Modeling: Population Health from the Bottom Up given by Joshua Epstein and Michael Macy

• Intellectual Capital: John Sterman discusses the new MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources (MSTIR) by John Sterman

• Complex Systems Approaches to Population Health (Day 1)

• Complex Systems Approaches to Population Health (Day 2)

• Getting Unstuck: How to Promote More Sustainable Practices in Our Organizations Rebecca Henderson

• NIH 2007 Symposia Series on Systems Science and Health

• System Dynamics Introduction

• System Dynamics Modeling: Population Flows, Feedback Loops and Health NIH, given by Jack Homer and George Richardson

• Systems Methodologies for Solving Real-World Problems: Applications in Public Health given by John Sterman

• The Business Cycle NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman engaged in the Beergame at MIT

• Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good Technologies? John D. Sterman's great speech at MIT Sloan about electrical cars or try MIT Video source

• Evolutionary Dynamics a lecture by Martin A. Nowak at HARVARD

Games

• Beergame.org Electronic Beergame
• Diffusion Simulation Game