Guidelines for Influencing Social Policy through Strategic Computer Simulation Models

Dennis L. Meadows

A chapter in Power, Autonomy, Utopia, 1986, pp 81-95 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract My university studies first started in the field of chemistry. However, after working for half a year as a student intern in a chromatographic laboratory, I concluded that I did not wish to pursue a career in that field. I began then to search for alternatives, and I soon discovered at MIT a curriculum within the management school based on a new computer modeling technique, ‘system dynamics.’ The group developing this technique was led by Professor Jay W. Forrester, and I went to MIT to earn my PhD under his direction. After completing my degree, I joined the faculty at MIT. There my wife, Dr. Donella Meadows, and I directed a major international project that used system dynamics techniques to create a model that clarified the long-term implications of physical and demographic growth on the planet.

Keywords: Acid Rain; Strategic Issue; Forest Damage; Forest Study; Invisible College (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-2225-2_5

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