The system dynamics approach to analysis of complex industrial and management systems

  • Authors:
  • Thomas D. Clark, Jr.

  • Affiliations:
  • Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

  • Venue:
  • WSC '83 Proceedings of the 15th conference on Winter Simulation - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 1983

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Abstract

The tutorial is designed to expand a person's ability to understand and to model complex industrial and management systems. Modeling of physical systems such as aircraft flight or engineering design structures are not addressed. The system dynamics approach to examining, conceptualizing, and modeling complex systems is emphasized. Complex managerial and social systems are of special interest. The informational feedback characteristics of these systems are discussed and methods to focus on feedback structures are presented. Special attention is given to the dynamic interaction among structure, policy, and time delays in decision and actions that determine system behavior and performance.