This workshop enables modelers to obtain feedback on their specific modeling questions from modeling coaches.
Modelers' questions may relate to a specific model that modelers are thinking about, studying, or developing. Questions may also relate to something that modelers don't understand in one of the system dynamics textbooks or software packages; you might even get the author of the textbook or software as your coach!
A modeler's questions, if deemed confidential, need not be
described below. Coaches for such questions are arranged in a more
confidential manner than they are for non-confidential questions.
This workshop is for modelers with all levels of modeling ability, from beginners to advanced.
Questions may range from problem articulation, formulation of a dynamic hypothesis, formulation of a simulation model, model testing, or policy
design and evaluation.
Modelers may bring whatever materials they need to describe their modeling question, ranging from pencil and paper, to books, to posters, to laptop computers. If you bring a computer, be sure your battery is fully charged as we cannot guarantee AC power.
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Modeling problems submitted [more detail] |
Modeler |
Workshop Session |
Coach |
| 1. Guidance on the development of a model in the area of the examination of policy in natural resource management. [more detail] | Helen Allison, student in Environmental Science at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Helen is presenting her work and questions at the PhD colloquium on Sunday. |
Tuesday 1130-1300 |
Willard Fey |
| 2. Adding more structure to the model for his paper entitled, "Acceptable Risk and Mitigation Options: Dynamic Structure of Building Safety" [more detail] | David Gillespie, presenting his paper in the "Public Policy/Public Sector" parallel session on Tuesday from 1130-1300. | Wednesday
1130-1300 |
Jonathan Coyle |
| 3. Development of a model for
educating business people about the benefits of spending money on safety,
health, and accident-prevention. [more
detail] |
Antonio Leva, Researcher in Statistics at the Italian National Institute for Prevention and Safety at Work | Tuesday
1130-1300 |
David Ford |
| 4. Help relating discrete time maps and system dynamics models to one another.. [more detail] | Paul Newton, Green Bay, WI. University of Bergen system dynamics student | Tuesday
1130-1300 |
David Andersen |
| 5. Framing/formulating a model of student traffic on a university campus, and exploring the unintended consequences of building a new 'precinct' on the campus. [more detail] | Rod Sarah, Mulgrave, Australia | Wednesday
1130-1300 |
Bob Eberlein |
| 6. Modeling knowledge creation using system dynamics. [more detail] | Soebagijo Soemodihardjo, business management student at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta | Tuesday
1130-1300 |
John Barton |
| 7. Finding data to test your model [more detail ] | Elise Weaver, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, presenting her paper in the "Social and Political Issues" parallel session on Tuesday from 1430-1600. | Wednesday
1130-1300 |
Markku Perkola |
| 8. Bass diffusion model in undeveloped countries [more detail] | João Henrique de A. Franco, Brazil. Presenting a poster related to his modeling question on Tuesday from 1600-1700. | Wednesday
1130-1300 |
Jack Homer |