Moo-Hyuk Lee on “Examining Outmigration in South Korea from the Patients’ and Providers’ Perspective: A System Dynamics Approach”
Please join us online Friday, October 27th 11AM ET (Boston time. Here is a time converter). In this Collective Learning Meeting (CLM), WPI System Dynamics will host Moo-Hyuk Lee (mooohyuk@gmail.com) who will present
Examining Outmigration in South Korea from the Patients’ and Providers’ Perspective: A System Dynamics Approach
Short Description: This presentation delves into our ongoing work on patient outmigration in South Korea. Outmigration, a characteristic phenomenon of the South Korean health system, refers to patients bypassing local hospitals and traveling further to Seoul (the capital city of South Korea) to receive treatment. To unravel the dynamic mechanisms driving outmigration, we designed a causal loop diagram which examined this phenomenon from the patients’ and providers’ perspective. At its simplest level, decrease in objective quality of the provincial hospitals induces the increase in outmigration through the decrease of perceived quality, which then results in quality deterioration by discouraging healthcare providers from working in provincial areas, forming a vicious cycle and reducing trust towards the healthcare system. An early stage of this model was presented at the Student-Organized Colloquium (SOC) of the International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC) in July 2023.
Question(s) for the Audience: I seek general feedback on each aspect of the causal loop diagram. I would also like to get insights on what to do next in order to continuously develop the model.
Biography: I am a master’s student in Health Policy and Management in Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. My undergraduate major was in medicine. I am interested in the use of complex systems approach in healthcare, with prior experiences in agent-based modeling. Since I am relatively new to system dynamics, I would like this presentation to be a valuable opportunity for improving and refining my work. www.linkedin.com/in/moohyuklee001
Recording: We will record this presentation. Moo-Hyuk will share it by request.
If you are interested in presenting your work, please contact Christine Tang (ctang@wpi.edu).
WPI System Dynamics Welcome (Back) Session
Please join us online Friday, August 25th 11AM ET (Boston time. Here is a time converter).
In this Collective Learning Meeting (CLM), WPI System Dynamics will host a
Welcome (Back) Session
Happy new semester! Please join us if you want to network and discuss:
- your studies or work
- the International System Dynamics Conference
- and more!
If you are interested in presenting your work, please contact Christine Tang (ctang@wpi.edu).
Call-in details: https://bit.ly/CLM-2023-08-25
2023 BeNeLux chapter symposium: Policies for popular discontent – Systemic analysis of societal distrust, polarization and public rage
Date and time: Friday October 13th, from 9:30 to 18:00 local time.
Location: National Police, Nieuwe Uitleg 1, 2514 BP Den Haag
We have received very promising abstracts and have an interesting line-up showing the rich BeNeLux SD work.
Please RSVP through the website so that we can arrange a smooth entry into our location. Feel free to forward this invitation to whom it might be of interest.
The symposium will focus on global issues which have contributed to a deeply divided society such as climate change, sustainability and migration. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated these divisions. People are worried about the future and discontent with solutions governments offer. As a result, these issues are subject to fierce political debate and demonstrations, sometimes resulting in violence. The growing divide between groups prevents a constructive debate that could lead to widely supported solutions. How can system dynamics help us better understand these challenges and to provide decision makers with insights for law enforcement, to depolarize and aid a constructive debate on sustainable solutions?
Kindest regards,
Program committee: Willem Auping (TU Delft), Floortje d’Hont (TU Delft), Hubert Korzilius (Radboud University), Mieke Struik (Dutch Police), and Rob van Waas (TNO)
BeNeLux Chapter – System Dynamics Society
Timothy Clancy on “Evidence of Contagion – Role of Experiments, Confidence Building & Prediction Testing for the Terror Contagion Hypothesis”
In this Collective Learning Meeting (CLM), WPI System Dynamics will host Timothy Clancy (timc@dialecticsims.com) who will present
Evidence of Contagion – Role of Experiments, Confidence Building & Prediction Testing for the Terror Contagion Hypothesis
Short Description: Timothy advances the terror contagion hypothesis presented in his PhD dissertation and hopes to facilitate a discussion on the nature of experimentation and confidence building with system dynamic simulations. The presentation, a very early-stage working draft, compares historical empirical data of 3-5 active and failed mass violence contagions against predictions made in the dissertation, simulation runs, and contingency analysis. Participants need no prior knowledge of the terror contagion hypothesis, but for those wishing to learn more about the hypothesis see Chapters 1-4 of his dissertation or of the Terror Contagion Simulation see https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/9/4/90/htm
Question(s) for the Audience:
- What roles do you see for experimentation, prediction testing, and other confidence-building measures to improve hypotheses developed in the simulation?
- Specifically, as an element of the above, what roles should falsification play?
- Given the observations of the 3-5 contagions made to date, are there specific experiments, tests, or other measures to build confidence or reject portions of the terror contagion hypothesis you recommend?
Biography: Timothy Clancy is the founder and CEO of Dialectic Simulations and earned his PhD in System Dynamics at WPI.
We will record this meeting and post the video on the WPI System Dynamics Club YouTube channel.
Call-in details: https://bit.ly/CLM-2023-02-24
Alexander Ryzhenkov on “Heredity and Variability in Macroeconomics: System Dynamic Models of Economic Growth and Cycles”
Please join WPI System Dynamics online Friday, Feb 10th 11AM ET (Boston time).
In this Collective Learning Meeting (CLM), the System Dynamics Society’s Economics SIG and WPI System Dynamics will host Alexander Ryzhenkov who will present
Heredity and Variability in Macroeconomics:
System Dynamic Models of Economic Growth and Cycles
Short Description: This work is based on the Marx theory of extended capitalist reproduction. Tutorial (theoretical) system dynamics models of increasing returns and industrial cycles will be presented.
Question(s) for the Audience:
- How relevant are presented models for the modern technologically and institutionally advanced capitalist economy?
- What are prospective avenues for further advance from abstract to concrete?
- Could socially efficient counter-cyclical policies be designed and practically implemented?
Biography: The author’s information is reflected at https://www.ieie.su/persons/ryzhenkov-av.html
Call-in details: https://bit.ly/CLM-2023-02-10
WPI Welcome (Back) Session
Please join WPI System Dynamics online Friday, Feb 3rd 11AM ET (Boston time. Here is a time converter).
In this Collective Learning Meeting (CLM), WPI System Dynamics will host a
Welcome (Back) Session
Happy new year and semester! Please join us if you want to network and discuss:
- your studies or work
- the International System Dynamics Conference
- and more!
Call-in details: https://bit.ly/CLM-2023-02-03
Environmental and Natural Resource Group Meeting
A Monthly Meeting for Reviewing and Discussing System Thinking and Systems Dynamics presentations from Students and Practitioners on the topics of Energy, Water, Land Use (Agriculture & Food), and the Environment.
Jake Jacobson and Len Malczynski of Mindseye Computing https://www.mindseyecomputing.com/
Will be the presenters for March addressing “New Mexico State Decarbonization Plan and Produced Water Model”
Submit a proposed presentation at https://airtable.com/shrXcSAqAeOo6MiMbContact
Joseph M. Londa
SDS Environmental SIG Leader
environment@systemdynamics.org
Student-Organized Colloquium 2023
The Student-Organized Colloquium is a free, two-day online (Wed, July 19th) and hybrid event (Sun, July 23rd) organized by the Student Chapter of the System Dynamics Society held before and on the first day of the International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC). The Student-Organized Colloquium promotes dialogue among system dynamicists of varying fields, levels of training and backgrounds and creates spaces to have meaningful conversations about the topics that we all care about so that everyone can share and receive feedback to improve their work.
The format of the event consists mainly of breakout sessions in which doctoral, masters and undergraduate students, as well as practitioners, professionals and academics in any field who are new to System Dynamics (less experienced, mentees, juniors) can discuss their ideas and concerns, and get mentored by more experienced system dynamicists (mentors, seniors).
For more information, please visit the Student-Organized Colloquium Webpage.
Starting January 24th, you will be able to submit your papers.
Please join us when (and where) you are able!