Mon 9:00
Plenary - Resources and the environment
Dyner, Isaac, Derek W. Bunn
Development of a Systems Simulation Platform to Analyse Market Liberalisation
and Integrated Energy Conservation in Colombia
Jordao, Luis, M.P. Antunes, R.F. Santos
Reactive vs. Proactive Corporate Environmental Management: A System Dynamics
Learning Environment
Moxnes, Erling
Crisis Management of a Renewable Resource
Mon 11:00
Business applications
Antunes, Maria Paula, Rui Santos, Nuno Videira
The Impact of Environmental Policy on a Firm's Behavior - a System Dynamics
Approach
Cloutier, L. Martin, Steven T. Sonka, Randall E. Westgren
Linking the Firm to Its Environment: A System Dynamics Approach
Kallenberg, Robert, Charles H. Fine
Analysis of Business Cycles in the U.S. Machine Tool Industry
Maliapen, Mahendran, Ram Ramasehan, M. Quaddus
System Dynamics Approach to Market Modeling in the Airline Industry
Mon 11:00
Energy
Lao, Hong Mou
Energy Capacity Management for the Industrial Sector of Zhejiang Province in
China: a System Dynamics Model
Smith , Ricardo, Santiago Montoya, Carlos Jaime Franco, Isaac Dyner
Assessing the Dynamics of Energy Markets Under Liberalisation Process
Tasrif, Muhammad
The Implications of Environmental Considerations in Energy Development to the
General Economic Welfare and Development of Indonesia
Garcia-Ochoa, Fernando Gascon
Reputation in Banking and Deposit Insurance: the Dynamics of Borrowing and
Lending under Regulation
Homer, Jack, Fred Nichols
Enterprise Modeling at ETS: Highways and Biways
Qu, Weishuang, Gerald O. Barney, Jos Verbeek
RMSM-X in Vensim: Refining the Financial Sector of the Threshold 21 National
Development Model
Mon 11:00
Manufacturing
Diehl, Ernst
Proactive Maintenance and Reactive Repair
Lehmann, Frank
A Systems View of the Design of Modern Manufacturing Systems
Wang, Wanlong, Jerry Fuh, X Yongnian
Dynamic Analysis of Manufacturing Systems
Willey, Phillip C.T., Amil K. Bajpai
A Systems Dynamic Model of Manufacturing Quality Costs and Benefits
Mon 11:00
System dynamics in the Schools
Guthrie, Scott, Diana Fisher
Systems Thinking and System Dynamics in the CC-STADUS High School Project
Joy, Timothy
Crime and Astonishment
Smith, Andrew, Allen Boorstein
A Systemic Approach to System Dynamics Education: a Status Report
Mon 1:30
Applications
Mandal, Purnendu, Amrik S. Sohal
Modeling Quality Improvement Processes
Smits, Cyprian A., E. J. Verroen
A System Dynamics Model for Long Term Travel Demand Forecasting and Policy
Analysis
Xu, Qingrui, Jie Han, Bin Guo, Jin Chen
Hi-tech Impulse: A New Coordinative Development Pattern of
Social-Economy-Technology-Education System
Zamudio-Ramirez, Pavel, Andrew Spicer, John Sterman, Steve Eppinger
Economics of Automobile Recycling
Mon 1:30
Competitive dynamics
Coyle , R. G. , C. J. Miller
The Strategic Dynamics of Counter-Insurgency Warfare
Drew, Stephen A., Peter A. Smith
Competitive Advantage Through Knowledge Management: a System Dynamics Approach
Hines, James H., Dewey Johnson
Competitive Dynamics: Context, Model, Outcome, and Ongoing Use
Morita, Michiya, Nobuhide Tanaka, Yutaka Takahashi, Toru Higuchi
Linkage Structure and Trade-offs of Competitive Measures
Sterman, John D., Rebecca Henderson, Eric Beinhocker, Lee I. Newman
A Behavioral Analysis of Learning Curve Strategy
Mon 1:30
Learning labs research
Cavaleri, Steven A., James A. Thompson
Assessing the Efficency of Microworlds for Promoting Systems Thinking
Maier, Frank, Juergen Strohhecker
Do Management Flight Simulators Really Enhance Decision Effectiveness?
Yang, Jenshou
Facilitating Learning Through Goal Setting in a Learning Laboratory
Mon 1:30
Manufacturing
Andrade Sosa, Hugo Hernando, Alvaro Ramirez Garcia, Jose Daniel Cabrera Cruz
Re-building Knowledge by Assumption of Complexity with System Dynamics - A Case
Example in Polymerization Process Engineering
Benassi, Mario, Roberto Berchi
Modularization of the Enterprise and System Dynamics Models: An Application to
the Explication of Suggestions from the Shops
Crespo Marquez, Adolfo, Rafael Ruiz Usano, Jose Manuel Framian Torres,
Ricardo Zubiria de Castro
The Pull Control Systems: A System Dynamics Perspective
Mandal, Purnendu, Amrik S. Sohal
Understanding Long Term Interactions in Fabricated Metal Manufacturing
Industry: A Case
Mon 1:30
Strategic planning
Maier, Frank
Substitution Among Successive Product Generations - An Almost Neglected Problem
in Innovation Diffusion Models
Mollona, Eduardo
The Dynamics of Organizational Heuristics and Biases in Corporate Strategy
Morecroft, John
A Behavioural Model of Diversification and Performance in a Mature Industry
Mon 1:30
Urban and regional dynamics
Alfeld, Louis Edward
Dynamic Simulation of Rural Social and Economic Interaction
Despotakis, Vassilios K., Maria Giaoutzi
Spatial Modeling of Urban Dynamics
Zagonel dos Santos, Aldo A.
A Dynamic Model for Analyzing Urban Growth in a Planned City
Mon 3:30
Plenary - Methodology
Lyneis, James M., Alexander L. Pugh III
Automated vs. `Hand' Callibration of System Dynamics Models: An Experiment
With a Simple Project Model
MacDonald, Roderick H.
Discrete Versus Continuous Formulation: A Case Study Using Coyle's Aircraft
Carrier Survivability Model
Kampmann, Christian E.
Feedback Loop Gains and System Behavior
Tues 9:00
Plenary - Assessment
Akkermans, Henk, Jac Vennix
Clients' Opinions on Group Model-Building: An Exploratory Study
Huz, Steven, David F. Andersen, George P. Richardson, Roger Boothroyd
Evaluating Group Model Building in Mental Health Vocational Services
Langley, Paul, John Morecroft
Learning from Microworlds Environments: a Summary of the Research Issues
Young, Showing H., Sy-Feng Wang
Measuring the Learning of Systems Thinking: Theory and Method
Tues 11:00
Business process reengineering
Georgantzas, Nicholas C.
Reengineering Business Process Reengineering with System Dynamics
Mayberry, Matt, Kent Hoxsey, Kerry McCracken, Carl Rendell
Using Systems Thinking and Dynamic Simulations to Reengineer Manufacturing
Processes at Silicon Graphics
Mojtahedzadeh, Mohammad, David F. Andersen
Assessing the System-wide Impacts of Automated Voice Response Customer Service
Technologies
Yu, Lijuan
Guided by Learning Organization to Practice a Process Reengineering for an
Enterprise Business
Tues 11:00
Dynamic decision making
Doyle, James K., Michael J. Radzicki, W. Scott Trees
Measuring the Effect of Systems Thinking Interventions on Mental Models
Elg, Fredrik
An Approach for Understanding Learning and Decision Making in Complex Dynamic
Systems
Park, Hun-Joon, Jinwoo Kim, Kuen S. Yi, Kiho Jun
Enhancing the Performance in Dynamic Decison Making: The Adaptive Model
Reconstruction Using Feedforward vs. Feedback Decision Strategy
Young, Showing H., Chia Ping Chen
Entrapping Landmine Structure in Microworlds Formed with Uncontrollable
Positive Feedback Loops
Tues 11:00
Management and organizations
Barton, John
A Framework for Addressing Contemporary Management Problems
Koenig, Ulli H.
Use of Simulation in Management and Management Education - Speeding up the
Wheel of Learning?
Sastry, Anjali, Thomas Fiddaman
Madness in the Method? Reexamining an Influential Model of Organizational
Learning and Adaptation
Sotaquir G., Ricardo, Hugo Andrade, Lilia Nayibe Gelvez
Organizational Design with System Dynamics and Radical Change Approach
Tues 11:00
Modeling process
Aronson, Daniel
Walking Through the Minefield: How Systems Thinkers Avoid Fallacies of
Perception and Action
Gary, Shane, Chris Charyk
Using Groupware Technology to Facilitate Team Model Building and Learning
Karsky, Michel, Stephane Copin, Sonia Pitrach
The Implementation of a Large System Dynamics Model of Human Behavior
Rouwette, Etienne, Jac Vennix
The Influence of Group Model Building on Policy Intentions
Tues 11:00
System dynamics field
Grcic, Branko, Ante Munitic
System Dynamics Approach to Validation
Lane, David
Can We Have Confidence In Generic Structures?
Oliva, Rogelio
Empirical Validation of a Dynamic Hypothesis
Ryan, Thomas
A Peircian Framework for Using System Dynamics Modeling as an Inquiry System
Sedehi, Habib
SYDIC - System Dynamics - Italian Chapter
Tues 1:30
Business applications
Farris, Paul W., William J. Verbeke, Peter R. Dickson
Modeling Evolutionary Effects of Path Dependencies in Markets
Hall, Roger, M. P. Gupta
Using a Corporate System Model of a Firm to Investigate the Feedback Dynamics
Leading to Growth, Decline, and Bankruptcy
Jambekar, Anil B.
A System View of Design Engineering Capacity: Continuous Improvement Policy
Interaction
Santoni, Marco
A Simulation Model for the Behaviour of Innovative Companies
Tues 1:30
Dynamic decision making
Haslett, Tim, Charles Osborne
Local Decision Rules: Complexity or Chaos?
Kim, Doa Hoon, Dong-Hwan Kim
How Heuristic are Heuristic Decision Rules in a Dynamic Game?
Trees, W. Scott, Jame K. Doyle, Micheal J. Radizcki
Using Cognitive Styles Typology to Explain Dynamic Decision Making in a
Computer Simulation Game Environment
Wyatt, Ray
Strategic Planning Using Neural Network-based, Delphi Workshop Software
Tues 1:30
Environment
Bernstein, Dan S.
Global Change Education: The Use of System Dynamics Concepts for Science and
Policy Interface
Sahara, Kanji, Kinya Machida, Nobuyuki Suzuki, A. Uchino
Environmental Model of Atmosphere - from Japan Model to East Asian Countries
Sturtevant, Rochelle
The Effect of Nutrient Recycling on Ecosystem Stability
Tues 1:30
Management and organizations
Colemann-Kammula, Seetha
A Study of the Manpower System of a Shell R&D Laboratory
Hines, James
Modeling the Evolution of Organizations
Larsen, Erik R., Alessandro Lomi
The Dynamics of Organizational Inertia, Survival and Change
Moizer, Jonathan D.
Safety Knowledge and its Influence over Accidents in the Workplace
Tues 1:30
Natural resources
Barton, John, Purnandu Mandel
A Policy Model for a Retail Water Company in Australia
Shawwash, Ziad K., S.O. Dennis Russell
Use of System Dynamics for Managing Water in Jordan
Sunaryo, Prasetyo, Tusy A. Adbroto, Hary Budiarto, Ervan Maksum
Application of System Dynamics on Watershed Management on Java Island,
Indonesia
Tues 1:30
System dynamics in the Schools
Madwed, Albert
Systems Thinking for K-12 Teachers: a New Course at the Graduate School of
Education and Allied Professions, Fairfield University
Root, Gus, Grant McGiffin
They will Learn What They See Others Doing
Zaraza, Ronald, Diana Fisher
Experiences in Developing Single-Discipline and Cross-Curricular Models for
Classroom Use
Tues 3:30
Business applications
Alfeld, Louis Edward, Robert M. Sholtes
The Industrial Base Analysis Model (IBAM)
Barlas, Yaman, Ayse Aksogan
Product Diversification and Quick Response Order Strategies in Supply Chain
Management
Georgantzas, Nicholas C., Stephen H. Brovarone
Globalizing High Sulfur Fuel Oil Marketing
Sedehi, Habib, Carmine Bianchi
A Winery Dynamic Model for "Product Portfolio" Management
Tues 3:30
Development
Parayno, Phares P.
Poverty-Environment Links in the Philippines
Sitompul, Rislima F., Muhammad Tasrif
A System Dynamics View of the Rural Community Development in Indonesia
Suksawang, Orasa
System Dynamics Approach to Managing Community Development
Wang, Qifan
A System Dynamics Study of the Coordinated Development of Regional
Intrastructure
Tues 3:30
Model-based teaching
Bianchi, Carmine, Alfredo Moscardini
Budget Formulation, Unpredictability and the Use of System Dynamics as a
Coordinating and Learning Mechanism in Regional Government Management
Fukuda, Atsushi, Yoshio Hanzawa, Ryoichi Ebisawa
Traffic Engineering Class for Technical College Students using STELLA
Haslett, Tim
Three Simulations for Teaching Systems Thinking
Tues 3:30
Natural resources
Bave, Eric
Recycling of Building Materials
Duncan, Richard C.
The Mexican Petroleum `Play' in Two `Acts': Taking Hold of Oil Production Data
Stave , Krystyna A.
Redefining Resources: A Systems Perpective on the Watershed Protection Conflict
Between New York City and the Catskill Mountain Region
Tues 3:30
Systems thinking applications
Alanne , Prikka-Matti P., Anil B. Jambekar
Putting Systems Thinking to Use: A Case Study
Deweese, Michael R.
Decision Making in a Small School District: A Case Study Employing Principles
of Systems Thinking and iThinkreg.
Jonas, Wolfgang
Systems Thinking in Industrial Design
Rothman, Joanna
Applying Systems Thinking to the Issues of Software Product Development
Wed 9:00
Plenary - Project management
Ford, David N., J. D. Sterman
Dynamic Modeling of Product Development Processes
Rodrigues, Alexandre J.G., Terry Williams
System Dynamics in Project Management: Assessing the Impacts of Client
Behavior in Project Management
Wed 11:00
Management flight simulators
Barlas, Yaman, Vedat G. Diker
Decision Support for Strategic University Management: A Dynamic Interactive
Game
Bridgeland, David, Dorothy Yu, Mitesh Suckak
A Management Flight Simulator for Strategy Communication and Organizational
Alignment
Herrmann, John F., John L. DeOlden
A Flight Simulator for University Department Planning
Wed 11:00
Software project management
Bell, Gary A., J. O. Jenkins
A Proposed Project Management Cost Modelling Taxonomy
Madachy, Raymond
Modeling Software Processes with System Dynamics: Current Developments
Rodrigues, Alexandre J.G., Terry Williams
System Dynamics in Software Project Management: Towards the Development of a
Formal Integrated Framework
Roos, Egbert
System Dynamics Modeling: A Case Study from the Software Industry
Sycamore, Douglas
Improving Software Project Management Through System Dynamics Modeling
Wed 11:00
System dynamics teaching
Barton, John
A Contemporary Masters Program in Systems Thinking and System Dynamics
Eberlein, Robert L., James H. Hines
Molecules for Modelers
Shafto, Sylvia A., CJ Kalin, Michael G. Shafto
Cognitive and Instructional Issues in System Modeling
Tosteson, Joshua
System Dynamics and Earth Systems Science: Bridging the Gaps Between Research
and Education
Wed 11:00
Technical methodology
Arthur, William B., Robert L. Eberlein
Sensitivity Simulations
Higuchi, Tohru
Parameter Estimation Involved to System Dynamics Model by Multi-Objective
Optimization Technique
Moxnes, Erling
Stochastic Optimization in Policy Space Using Simulation Models
Reichelt, Kimberly S., James M. Lyneis, Carl G. Bespolka
Calibration Statistics: Selecting a Statistic and Setting a Standard
Wed 11:00
Technology in business
Anderson, E. G., N.R. Joglekar
Modeling the Dynamics of Technological Ramp-up within Firms
Bickle, Bruce, Bernard McGarvey
Application of Dynamic Modeling to a Solvent Recovery Area at a Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing Plant
Cole, Vera J., M. K. Hughes
Using System Dynamics to Determine the Return on Investment in Engineering
Information Technology
Grossman, M.
Designing Strategies to Achieve Sustainable Growth for Biotechnology Companies
Xiang, Gang, Li u Linhong
A System Dynamics Model for an Enterprise's Sustainable Innovation Process
Wed 1:30
Environment
Alexander, William
Efficiency in Sustainability - The Efficient Life Styles of Kerala
de Kok, Jean-Luc, H. G. Wind
System Dynamics as a Methodology for Sustainable Coastal-Zone Management
Hsiao, Naiyi
Evaluating the Policy of Stratospheric Ozone Protection - a System Dynamics
Modeling Approach
Krahmer, Elizabeth M., Scott Rockart
Carbon Sequestration and Emission Management: A Costa Rican Case Study
Wed 1:30
Management flight simulators
Andrade Sosa, Hugo Hernando, Jaime Daniel Meja Castro, Ricardo Vicente Jaime
Vivas, Jose Alberto Pinto Mantilla
Microworlds: A System Dynamics Application in Learning Keynesian
Macroeconomics
Genta, Peter J., Neville Sokol
A Microworld of Exploration and Development: Creating a Learning Laboratory for
the Oil & Gas Industry
Milling, Peter
A Management Simulator to Support Group Decision Making in a Corporate Gaming
Environment
Wed 1:30
Modeling process
Piatelli, Mauro, Nicola Bianchi, Luca Minna
Note on Conceptual Distance in Simulation using the Polis Model as a Basis for
Discussion
Rios, Josez, Markus Schwaninger
Integrative Systems Modelling: Leveraging Complementarities of Qualitative
and Quantitative Methodologies
Ruiz Usano, Rafael, Jose Manuel Framian Torres, Adolfo Crespo Marquez,
Ricardo Zubiria de Castro
System Dynamics and Discrete Simulation in a Constant Work-in-Process System:
A Comparative Study
Wed 1:30
Public policy
Ackere, Ann van, Peter Smith
Analysing National Health Service Waiting Times
Benigno, Edwin
A Model of the Rice Postharvest System in the Philippines
Forrester, Nathan B.
A Hard Look At Social Security
Wolstenholme, Eric
Community Care for the Elderly in the UK
Wed 1:30
Technical methodology
Guerra, Juan Hernandez
Studies of a Model of Entrainment Between Economic Cycles
Ruth , Matthias
Exploring Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Economic Exchange: A Dynamic Modeling
Approach
Sridharan, Sanjeev
Can Vector-Autoregression Methodology Help in an Understanding of the Causal
Dynamics of the Unemployment-Crime Relationships?
Thur 9:00
Applications
Mashayekhi, Ali N.
Oscillation in Preventitive Maintenance Programs
Moon, Tae Hoon, Deuk Jong Bae, Doa Hoon Kim, Dong Whan Kim
Comparing Strategies for Building Korean Information Infrastructure Using a
System Dynamics Model
Roberts, James C.
The Structure of Structural Violence
Sturges, Stephen, Graham Winch
Computer Attack: The Role of Modeling in Developing an Integrated Security
Policy
Thur 9:00
Learning labs
Carena, Augusto, Dharma Srl
Mass Learning: An Application of System Dynamics
Kunsberg, Philip
An Interactive Simulation of a Manufacturing Enterprise: Preliminary
Observations
Stefano, Julia M. Di
Edutaining, Engaging the Learner, and System Dynamics...
Young, Showing H., Shih-Hui Lo
Experiences in Designing Board-type Simulation Games for Center-Satellite
Industrial System
Thur 9:00
Networks and communication
Barron, Antonio, Silvio Martinez, Jose Maria Lopez
A Simulation Model for Telecommunications Services Partially Substituting
Groessler, Andreas
Providing Simulation Models on the Internet
Kim, Dong-Hwan, Jae-Ho Juhn
Dynamics of Networks: System Dynamics Model for Network Externality and
Critical Mass
Thur 9:00
Neural nets, fuzzy logic, and automata
Koerstein, Ralf, Bernd Viehweger
Evaluation of Neural Networks via Generic Modelling using System Dynamics
Macedo, Julio, Rafael Ruiz Usano
An Intelligent System Dynamics Based controller for Fuzzy Managerial Systems
Thiel, Daniel
Instabilities and Deterministic Chaos in Just-In-Time Production Systems:
Comparison between Neural Networks Simulation and Continuous Simulation
Thur 9:00
Transportation
Drew, Donald R., Allan D. Chasey, Jesus M. de la Garza, Wonkyu Kim
System Dynamics Model of a State Highway Management System
Fukuda, Atsushi, Hironori Suzuki, Takahiro Kojima, Shigeru Koyama
Demand Forecasting System for Suburban Railway Project Using System Dynamics
and Geographical Information System
Khalil, Yehia F., Michael Radzicki
The Dynamics of the Zero-Emission Vehicle Industry
Wile , Kristina, David Smilonich
Using Dynamic Simulation for Resource Management Policy Design at the Minnesota
Department of Transportation
Thur 11:00
Plenary - Dynamics of quality improvement programs
Jones, Andrew, Elizabeth Krahmer, Rogelio Oliva, Nelson Repenning
Comparing Improvement Programs for Product Development and Manufacturing:
Results from Field Studies
Repenning, Nelson
Modeling the Failure of Productivity Improvement Programs
Sterman, John, Nelson Repenning, Rogelio Oliva, Elizabeth Krahmer
The Improvement Paradox: Designing Sustainable Quality Improvement Programs