About the Book
Title: Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
Author: John D. Sterman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
First Published: 2000
Contents
- Chapter 1: Learning in and about Complex Systems
- Chapter 2: System Dynamics in Action
- Chapter 3: The Modeling Process
- Chapter 4: Structure and Behavior of Dynamic Systems
- Chapter 5: Causal Loop Diagrams
- Chapter 6: Stocks and Flows
- Chapter 7: Dynamics of Stocks and Flows
- Chapter 8: Closing the Loop: Dynamics of Simple Structures
- Chapter 9: S-Shaped Growth: Epidemics, Innovation Diffusion, and the Growth of New Products
- Chapter 10: Path Dependence and Positive Feedback
- Chapter 11: Delays
- Chapter 12: Coflows and Aging Chains
- Chapter 13: Modeling Decision Making
- Chapter 14: Formulating Nonlinear Relationships
- Chapter 15: Modeling Human Behavior: Bounded Rationality or Rational Expectations?
- Chapter 16: Forecasts and Fudge Factors: Modeling Expectation Formation
- Chapter 17: Supply Chains and the Origin of Oscillations
- Chapter 18: The Manufacturing Supply Chain
- Chapter 19: The Labor Supply Chain and the Origin of Business Cycles
- Chapter 20: The Invisible Hand Sometimes Shakes: Commodity Cycles
- Chapter 21: Truth and Beauty: Validation and Model Testing
- Chapter 22: Challenges for the Future
- Appendix A: NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
- Appendix B: NOISE
