Explaining puzzling dynamics: A comparison of system dynamics and discrete‐event simulation

J Morecroft, S Robinson - Discrete‐Event Simulation and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Everyday situations present many examples of puzzling dynamics–performance over time
that defies intuition and common sense. This chapter addresses the question of which …

Deregulation in electricity: understanding strategic and regulatory risk

ER Larsen, DW Bunn - Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
This paper is motivated by our experiences since 1990 with developing system simulation
models to help UK companies in the restructured electricity industry understand the radically …

Performance and learning in a simulation of oil industry dynamics

PA Langley, JDW Morecroft - European Journal of Operational Research, 2004 - Elsevier
Experimental studies on decision making in dynamically complex simulated systems have
shown that poor performance arises from decision makers' failure to correctly interpret …

The growth of service and the service of growth: Using system dynamics to understand service quality and capital allocation

ER Larsen, A van Ackere, K Warren - Decision Support Systems, 1997 - Elsevier
This paper discusses how system dynamics can help understand a service company's
growth potential as well as its limitations. The model discussed here is being built for a …

User‐parameterised generic models: a solution to the conundrum of modelling access for SMEs?

GW Winch, DJW Arthur - … Dynamics Review: The Journal of the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract System dynamics (SD) has been shown to be a powerful strategic analysis
approach, but it can also be a costly one. If there is an insistence that to have any validity …

Maintaining service quality under pressure from investors: a systems dynamics model as a hands-on learning tool

A Van Ackere, K Warren, E Larsen - European Management Journal, 1997 - Elsevier
This article, by Ann van Ackere, Kim Warren and Erik Larsen discusses how system
dynamics models can help understand a service company's growth potential and its …

[PDF][PDF] Extending model validity concepts and measurements in system dynamics

D Arthur, GW Winch - … of the 1999 …, 1999 - proceedings.systemdynamics.org
System dynamics models are employed for a variety of purposes in socio-economic
systems, including behavioural prediction, policy analysis, consensus building and for …

System dynamics in the UK: a journey from Stirling to Oxford and beyond.

J Morecroft, E Wolstenholme - System Dynamics Review …, 2007 - search.ebscohost.com
System dynamics in the UK: a journey from Stirling to Oxford and beyond Page 1 J. Morecroft
and E. Wolstenholme: System Dynamics in the UK 205 Published online in Wiley InterScience …

Micromundo para el aprendizaje de estrategia en comercialización de electricidad

P Ochoa Jaramillo - 2002 - repositorio.unal.edu.co
Los cambios que se han presentado durante la última década en los mercados eléctricos
alrededor del mundo, han generado gran dinamismo e incertidumbre, creando dificultades …