SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING WITH VENSIM: A quick guide to building causal loops and stock and flow diagrams (English Edition)

This book allows the reader to acquire step-by-step in a time-efficient and uncomplicated the knowledge in the formation and construction of dynamic models using Vensim.

Many times, the models are performed with minimal current data and very few historical data, the simulation models that the student will design in this course accommodate these analyses, with the construction of realistic hypotheses and elaborate behavior models. That's done with the help of software Vensim that helps the construction of the models as well as performing model simulations.

At the end of the book, the reader is able to:
- Describe the components of a complex system.
- Diagnose the natural evolution of the system under analysis.
- Create a model of the system and present it using the simulation software.
- Carry out simulations with the model, in order to predict the behavior of the system.

The book contains downloadable material !

Environmental Area

1. Population Growth
2. Ecology of a Natural Reserve
3. Effects of the Intensive Farming
4. The Fishery of Shrimp
5. Rabbits and Foxes
6. A Study of Hogs
7. Ingestion of Toxins
8. The Barays of Angkor
9. The Golden Number

Management Area

10. Production and Inventory
11. CO2 Emissions
12. How to Work More and Better
13. Faults
14. Project Dynamics
15. Innovatory Companies
16. Quality Control
17. The impact of a Business Plan

Social Area

18. Filling a Glass
19. A Catastrophe Study
20. The Young Ambitious Worker
21. Development of an Epidemic
22. The Dynamics of Two Clocks

Mechanical Area

23. The Tank
24. Study of the Oscillatory Movements
25. Design of a Chemical Reactor
26. The Butterfly Effect
27. The Mysterious Lamp

Advanced Exercises (Vensim PLE PLUS)

28. Import data from an Excel file
29. Building Games and Learning Labs
30. Interactive models
31. Input Output Controls
32. Sensitivity Analysis

Annex

I. Guide to creating a model
II. Functions, Tables and Delays
III. Frequently Asked Questions FAQs
IV. Download the models of this book

The author

Juan Martín García is teacher and a worldwide recognized expert in System Dynamics, with more than twenty years of experience in this field. Ph.D. Industrial Engineer (Spain) and Postgraduated Diploma in Business Dynamics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT (USA). He teaches Vensim online courses in http://vensim.com/vensim-online-courses/ based on System Dynamics.