System Dynamics Review

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Volume 41, issue 1, 2025

Call for submissions to the 2025 ISDC

Karim Chichakly, Niyousha Hosseinichimeh and Rod MacDonald

A systematic method to integrate co‐produced causal loop diagrams based on feedback stories

Jefferson K. Rajah and Birgit Kopainsky

The polycrisis is here, and system dynamics can help: a call to action

Vinicius Picanco Rodrigues, Michael Lawrence and Scott Janzwood

ChatPySD: Embedding and Simulating System Dynamics Models in ChatGPT‐4

Bo Hu

Incorporating Deep Learning Into System Dynamics: Amortized Bayesian Inference for Scalable Likelihood‐Free Parameter Estimation

Hazhir Rahmandad, Ali Akhavan and Mohammad S. Jalali

Bridging System Dynamics and Causal Epidemiology: An Opportunity for Both Fields

Jeroen F. Uleman, Anne Helby Petersen and Naja Hulvej Rod

Volume 40, issue 4, 2024

Capturing the science behind the craft: a reporting framework to improve quality and confidence in nonsimulated models

Benjamin L. Turner and Michael Goodman

Strengthening a weak link: transparency of causal loop diagrams — current state and recommendations

Mohammad S. Jalali and Elizabeth Beaulieu

Using causal loop diagrams to develop evaluative research propositions: opportunities and challenges in applications to nature‐based solutions

Miriam Alvarado, Jo Garrett, James Fullam, Rebecca Lovell, Cornelia Guell, Tim Taylor, Ruth Garside, Marianne Zandersen and Benedict W. Wheeler

Techniques to enhance the public policy impact of qualitative system dynamics models

Guido A. Veldhuis, Eefje M. Smits‐Clijsen and Rob P.M. van Waas

Descriptive design structure matrices for improved system dynamics qualitative modeling

Rameez R. Qureshi, David N. Ford and Charles M. Wolf

Participatory modeling for high complexity, multi‐system issues: challenges and recommendations for balancing qualitative understanding and quantitative questions

Arielle R. Deutsch, Leah Frerichs, Madeleine Perry and Mohammad S. Jalali

Uncovering the unknown with REMODEAL: A systematic method for reference mode elicitation

Christine Tang, Raafat Zaini and Saeed P. Langarudi

A framework for using Theory of Constraints thinking processes and tools to complement qualitative system dynamics modelling

Victoria J. Mabin and Robert Y. Cavana

Building confidence in exploratory models

George P. Richardson

Dealing with soft variables and data scarcity: lessons learnt from quantification in a participatory system dynamics modelling process

Irene Pluchinotta, Ke Zhou and Nici Zimmermann

Are we there yet? Saturation analysis as a foundation for confidence in system dynamics modeling, applied to a conceptualization process using qualitative data

Andrada Tomoaia‐Cotisel, Samuel D. Allen, Hyunjung Kim, David F. Andersen, Nabeel Qureshi and Zaid Chalabi

Reflecting on Zagonel's dichotomy of microworlds and boundary objects

Laura J. Black

ARCHIVE PAPER: Micro worlds versus boundary objects in group model building: evidence from the literature on problem definition and model conceptualization (2007)

Aldo A. Zagonel

An analysis of participants' introductory experience with causal loop diagrams (CLDs) using group model building (GMB) scripts

Justin D. Connolly and Graeme J. Doole

Developing theoretically grounded causal maps to examine and improve policy narratives about global challenges

Raquel Froese Buzogany, Birgit Kopainsky and Paulo Gonçalves

Values‐based food procurement: Black farmers and structural racism in New York State

Jessica L. Gilbert‐Overland

Minding the abstraction gap: approaches supporting implementation

Laura J. Black and Donald R. Greer

Qualitative Aspects of System Dynamics Modeling

Krystyna Stave, Nici Zimmermann and Hyunjung Kim

Volume 40, issue 3, 2024

Developing model‐based storytelling to share systemic insights to the public during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Daniel Gordon, Ali N. Mashayekhi, Andrada Tomoaia‐Cotisel, Hyunjung Kim, Babak Bahaddin, Luis F. Luna‐Reyes and David F. Andersen

Integrating AI language models in qualitative research: Replicating interview data analysis with ChatGPT

Mohammad S. Jalali and Ali Akhavan

Generative AI and simulation modeling: how should you (not) use large language models like ChatGPT

Ali Akhavan and Mohammad S. Jalali

The lowly constant, elevated

Leonard A Malczynski

Preparing for pandemic response in the context of limited resources

Jair Andrade, Berend Beishuizen, Mart Stein, Máire Connolly and Jim Duggan

From text to model: Leveraging natural language processing for system dynamics model development

Guido A. Veldhuis, Dominique Blok, Maaike H.T. de Boer, Gino J. Kalkman, Roos M. Bakker and Rob P.M. van Waas

From text to map: a system dynamics bot for constructing causal loop diagrams

Niyousha Hosseinichimeh, Aritra Majumdar, Ross Williams and Navid Ghaffarzadegan

Using system dynamics to support a functional exercise for pandemic preparedness and response

Caroline Green, Berend Beishuizen, Mart Stein, Chantal P. Rovers, Alma Tostmann, Daan L. K. de Jong, Claudia Houareau, Knut Perseke, Clara Spieker, Ulrike Grote, Patrick Csornai, Carlos Tighe, Conor Hayes, Jair Andrade, Máire A. Connolly and Jim Duggan

A complete shortest independent loop set algorithm for model structure analysis

Serafina Middleton and Mohammad Motamed

Volume 40, issue 2, 2024

Ethical considerations of using system dynamics in participatory settings: a social‐ecological‐systems perspective

Henry Amorocho‐Daza, Pieter van der Zaag and Janez Sušnik

A comparison of loop dominance methods: measures and meaning

John Hayward and Paul A. Roach

In response to: “Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality” — beyond pragmatism

Mohammad S. Jalali and Hesam Mahmoudi

In response to: “Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality.” — Acknowledging our differences makes us all stronger

Luis F. Luna‐Reyes

What is (quantitative) system dynamics modeling? Defining characteristics and the opportunities they create

Asmeret Naugle, Saeed Langarudi and Timothy Clancy

Commentaries on “what is (quantitative) system dynamics modeling? Defining characteristics and the opportunities they create,” by Naugle et al. (2024)

Tom Fiddaman, Josephine Kaviti Musango, Markus Schwaninger and Miriam Spano

History of the Beer Game

Ignacio J. Martinez‐Moyano

Volume 40, issue 1, 2024

Constructing causal loop diagrams from large interview data sets

Pablo Newberry and Neil Carhart

Analysis of dynamic models by optimization

Erling Moxnes and Sergey Naumov

Root causes of radicalization: the terror‐contagion hypothesis

Timothy Clancy, Bland Addison, Oleg Pavlov and Khalid Saeed

Measuring the change in behavior of a system with a single metric

William Schoenberg, Robert Eberlein and Pål Davidsen

Generative agent‐based modeling: an introduction and tutorial

Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Aritra Majumdar, Ross Williams and Niyousha Hosseinichimeh

Volume 39, issue 4, 2023

Uncovering dynamic complexity in annual reports: a methodological approach using resource mapping pp. 299-335

Martin Kunc, Federico Barnabè and Maria Cleofe Giorgino

Dynamics of interdisciplinarity: a microlevel analysis of communication and facilitation in a group model‐building workshop pp. 336-370

Nici Zimmermann and Katherine Curran

Feedback dynamics of the low‐income rental housing market: exploring policy responses to COVID‐19 pp. 371-403

Katherine E. Marçal, Patrick J. Fowler and Peter S. Hovmand

From low‐hanging fruit to high‐impact sustainability transformations: unpacking dynamics of intra‐ and interorganizational capability traps pp. 404-431

Jeroen Struben and Florian Kapmeier

Disequilibrium supply‐and‐demand allocation with differentiated products pp. 432-452

George Backus

In response to: “Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality.” — System Dynamicists versus problems, not versus fellow System Dynamicists! pp. 456-457

William Schoenberg

In response to: “Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality” —Strengthening the field through shared tools and techniques pp. 458-460

Robert Eberlein

Volume 39, issue 3, 2023

Challenges for sustainability: misperceptions and misleading advice pp. 185-206

Erling Moxnes

Grounding alcohol simulation models in empirical and theoretical alcohol research: a model for a Northern Plains population in the United States pp. 207-238

Arielle R. Deutsch, Edward Chau, Nikki Motabar and Mohammad S. Jalali

Evaluating and mitigating locally and nationally variable food security dynamics in Guatemala through participatory causal loop diagram building pp. 239-276

Juliana Isaac, Jaime Luís Carrera, Ottoniel Monterroso Rivas, Juventino Gálvez Ruano, María Rueda Martínez, Azam Khowaja, Julian Russell, Julien Malard‐Adam, Humberto Monardes, Jan Adamowski and Hugo Melgar‐Quiñonez

Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality pp. 277-294

Timothy Clancy, Saeed P. Langarudi and Raafat Zaini

Volume 39, issue 2, 2023

Modeling distribution parameters in system dynamics: an application in childhood obesity pp. 103-124

Simon K Chiu, Louise Freebairn, Louise A Baur, L. Kurt Kreuger, Adam Skinner and Jo‐An Occhipinti

As simple as possible but not simpler: structural sensitivity testing of a dynamic model of adolescent overweight and obesity pp. 125-139

Eduard Romanenko, Jack Homer and Nanna Lien

Improving Loops that Matter pp. 140-151

William Schoenberg, John Hayward and Robert Eberlein

Mental models, cognitive maps, and the challenge of quantitative analysis of their network representations pp. 152-170

Sumaiya Haque, Hesam Mahmoudi, Navid Ghaffarzadegan and Konstantinos Triantis

The four main elements of dynamic complexity pp. 171-179

Hakan Yasarcan

Volume 39, issue 1, 2023

Sociotechnical interdependencies and tipping‐point dynamics in data‐intensive services pp. 5-31

Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Sarah Mostafavi and Hyunjung Kim

Dynamic supply chains with endogenous dispositions pp. 32-63

James Paine

Sublime reason: when Isaac Asimov met Jay Forrester pp. 64-79

Leonard A Malczynski and David C. Lane

Observations from a system dynamics modeling field school in Mali pp. 80-94

Laura Schmitt Olabisi and Amadou Sidibé