Documenting the Modeling Process

December 07 at 11 am NY | 4 pm London | 11 pm Beijing | Time Converter

Join us for another webinar!

This presentation will describe data structuring and then focus on the many advantages of documenting the modeling process with such a structure, including a demonstration of an online database specifically designed for documenting the process of building a simulation model called DynamicVu.

The presentation is based on the recent System Dynamics Review article Documenting the modeling process with a standardized data structure described and implemented in DynamicVu

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Upcoming Events

Dec 2 | Security, Stability, and Resilience SIG Meeting

Dec 11 | Green Action Global Connection Zone

Dec 13 | Qualitative Modeling as a Participatory Approach to Transport System Analysis

Dec 15 | Investigating the Future of Curated Model Collections 

From Our Community

Gates Foundation Grant: Strengthening Modeling and Analytics Capacity and Ecosystem for Women’s Health

Reading: Should We Mine the Ocean?

Reading: Radical Breakthroughs for Climate Change? First, We Must Deploy Existing Technologies

Sponsor News: Introducing Assemblies – premade model structures that simplify the modeling process

Learning

Book: How to Be Creative: A Practical Guide for the Mathematical Sciences

Book: Creativity for Scientists and Engineers

Jobs

Postdoctoral Position | Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Researcher/Modeler (climate-economy-environment) | IIASA

Postdoctoral Research Associate | Center for Systems and Community Design

Senior System Dynamics Modeler | The Sax Institute

Videos and Recordings

Dynamics Analysis of False Information Spread Over Social Media – Watch 

Assessing the Impact of Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) on Health Systems Performance – Watch

This newsletter is created in partnership with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to keep you in the loop on the most up-to-date System Dynamics news, job opportunities, upcoming events, and much more. We’d love to hear from you what kind of information you’d like to see here. Please send us any relevant updates to be featured here!

South Africa Chapter Annual Conference

Transforming our World of  Systems
November 16 – 18 | FREE Registration

The South Africa System Dynamics Chapter (SASDC) is hosting its 10th annual Conference to create a networking platform for researchers to present novel work that contributes to data analytics, systems thinking, System Dynamics, systems engineering, and operations research. 

To celebrate reaching a decade milestone at the conference registrations are FREE! The theme is Transforming our World of  Systems. The program includes presentations and workshops.

Upcoming Events

Nov 9 | The Lobster Game: Experiential Learning of System Dynamics Through Serious Gaming

Nov 10 | Teaching Biology and Scientific Practices through System Dynamics Modeling and Simulations

Nov 15 | Joint SIG Meeting (Environmental, Energy, Water, and Agriculture & Water)

Nov 17 | Pre-College Education SIG Meeting

Nov 24 | Sustainable Assets: Transition to Zero Emissions

From Our Community

Newsletter: The Connector | iseesystems 

Recording: Modeling the New York State Electric Grid Transformation

Recording & Resources: Data & Uncertainty in System Dynamics

Reading: How to Choose Carbon Offsets That Actually Cut Emissions 

Call for Papers [Deadline Extended]: Forecasting of Technological Systems using Artificial Intelligence and System Dynamics

Learning

Master’s Degree in System Dynamics
University of Bergen
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Introduction to Game Design
MIT (edX)
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Jobs

Research Associate in Dynamic Systems Modelling | University of Sydney

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Food System Transformation | CSIRO

Applied Complexity Fellow, Belief Dynamics | Santa Fe Institute

Junior Scientist System Dynamics Work, Health & Technology | TNO

System Dynamics Expert | U.S. Food and Drug Administration 

Articles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
From Climate Endgame to Climate Long Game – read

Systems
How Can a Community Pursue Equitable Health and Well-Being after a Severe Shock? Ideas from an Exploratory Simulation Model – read

Emergence of a Norm from Resistance: Using Simulation to Explore the Macro Implications of Social Identity Theory – read

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
Conflicting Information and Compliance with COVID-19 Behavioral Recommendations – read

This newsletter is created in partnership with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to keep you in the loop on the most up-to-date System Dynamics news, job opportunities, upcoming events, and much more. We’d love to hear from you what kind of information you’d like to see here. Please send us any relevant updates to be featured here!

Data & Uncertainty in System Dynamics

 October 26, 11 am NY | 4 pm London 

Data is one of the key aspects of System Dynamics. Join this webinar to improve your knowledge of traditional quality checks and data to yield unique insights with your model. 

This talk will discuss how data, calibration optimization, Kalman filtering, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Bayesian inference, and sensitivity analysis work together. The emphasis will be on practical implementation with a few examples from real projects, and pointers to resources.

with Tom Fiddaman – CTO of Ventana Systems

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Upcoming Events

Oct 27  | Human Body Systems in K-12

Oct 28 | Security, Stability, and Resilience SIG Meeting

Nov 03 | Health Policy SIG Monthly Meeting

Oct 31 to Dec 12 | 50th Anniversary of ‘The Limits to Growth’ Seminar Series

Nov 6 | Nigeria Chapter Monthly Meeting

Nov 8 | Group Model Building and Lego Serious Play: Transport Identities and Innovation

Nov 9 | The Lobster Game: Experiential Learning of System Dynamics Through Serious Gaming

From Our Community

Call for Papers (€1,000 prize): Jose Maria Sarriegi Award

Book: Complexity Economics: Economic Governance, Science, and Policy – Shop

Recording: Using System Dynamics for Urgent and Emergency Care – Watch

Learning

FREE Course: Developing a Systemic Understanding of Climate Change

Course: Human-Centered Systems Thinking

Jobs

System Dynamics Researcher | NOVA University of Lisbon

Postdoctoral Research Associate | Center for Systems and Community Design 

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer | National University of Singapore

Ph.D. in System Dynamics & Machine Learning | The Sax Institute

Articles

Systems
Resilience Development in Multiple Shocks: Lessons in Mental Health and Well-Being Deterioration during COVID-19 – read

SSRN
Strengthening a Weak Link: Transparency of Qualitative Modeling Tools – read 

This newsletter is created in partnership with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to keep you in the loop on the most up-to-date System Dynamics news, job opportunities, upcoming events, and much more. We’d love to hear from you what kind of information you’d like to see here. Please send us any relevant updates to be featured here!

2022 Conference Highlight

Is System Dynamics the Missing Subject in our Educational System?

Is System Dynamics so valuable that we should encourage its inclusion in our educational system? This year, presentations at International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC) supported this hypothesis. The President of System Dynamics Society, Shayne Gary, noted a growing trend in appreciating systems thinking as a useful tool to explain complexities. The ever-expanding requirement to cope with a complex world opens room for increased utilization of System Dynamics in our daily life. The power of the method was proved in the global study “Limits to Growth” fifty years ago. Jorgen Randers reflected on this Anniversary by comparing the initial study results with today’s worldwide situation. The project signals one of the most important features of System Dynamics, the capacity to describe phenomena and present their behavior in time, on a global scale.

Upcoming Events

Sep 28  | Webinar: The Effect of Within-Host Dynamics on Diversity of a Multi-Strain Pathogen

Oct 6 | Health Policy SIG Meeting

Oct 6 | Webinar: Insights Within an Iceberg

From Our Community

Recording & Resources: Multisolving Working With Complexity and Interconnection – Watch

Reading: System Dynamics Focuses More on Sustainability Than the Sustainable Development Goals – Read

Open Model: Baby Formula Shortage – Simulate

Reading: Examining the Success of Women of Color-Owned Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the United States – read

Learning

Book: Understanding the Dynamics of Nuclear Power and the Reduction of CO2 Emissions: A System Dynamics Approach – Buy

Book*: The Sustainability Puzzle – Buy
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Jobs

Professor and Department Chair – Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | UMass Lowell

Research Associate | Loughborough University

Assistant Professor | University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Quantitative Analyst | Exelon

Articles

System Dynamics Review
What Jay Didn’t Tell Us: Hidden Gems in the System Dynamics Practices of Jay W. Forrester – read

Animal – Science Proceedings
Non-Linear Thinking: From Mental Models to Mathematical Models in Animal Science – read

Systems
Using Cascaded and Interlocking Generic System Archetypes to Communicate Policy Insights—The Case for Justifying Integrated Health Care Systems in Terms of Reducing Hospital Congestion – read

Mineral Economics
Perspectives on Exploration and Extraction of Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposits in Norwegian Waters – read

This newsletter is created in partnership with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to keep you in the loop on the most up-to-date System Dynamics news, job opportunities, upcoming events, and much more. We’d love to hear from you what kind of information you’d like to see here. Please send us any relevant updates to be featured here!