World Dynamics1971 |
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... system will interact with one another . Until recently there has been no way to estimate the behavior of social sys- tems except by contemplation , discussions , argument , and guesswork . 1.6 Computer Models of Social Systems The ...
... system will interact with one another . Until recently there has been no way to estimate the behavior of social sys- tems except by contemplation , discussions , argument , and guesswork . 1.6 Computer Models of Social Systems The ...
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... systems , there is usually a conflict between the goals of a subsystem and ... social system of a country or the world requires that the goals of the urban ... social systems are inherently insensitive to most policy changes that people ...
... systems , there is usually a conflict between the goals of a subsystem and ... social system of a country or the world requires that the goals of the urban ... social systems are inherently insensitive to most policy changes that people ...
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... social systems are far more complex and harder to understand than our technological systems . Why , then , do we not use the same approach of making models of social systems and conducting laboratory experiments on those models before ...
... social systems are far more complex and harder to understand than our technological systems . Why , then , do we not use the same approach of making models of social systems and conducting laboratory experiments on those models before ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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1970 conditions accumulation agricultural land assumed assumptions behavior birth rate normal birth-control program BRFM BRMM BRN1 capital investment CAPITAL UNITS CAPITAL UNITS/PERSON CAPITAL-INVESTMENT DISCARD capital-investment multiplier capital-investment ratio CAPITAL-INVESTMENT-IN-AGRICULTURE FRACTION cause Chapter CIAF CIGN1 Club of Rome coefficient computer model crowding ratio curve death rate normal decline DRFM dynamic ECIR effect effective-capital-investment ratio equations equilibrium exponential growth food production food ratio food supply FPMT FRACTION/YEAR in-agriculture fraction increase industrialization INTERPOLATION limit LOGICAL FUNCTION material standard mental models MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource Natural-resource-usage rate negative loop NR=N NREM NREMT NRUN1 POLN1 POLAT POLCM pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution-absorption population and capital population density PRESENT ORIGINAL pressures ratio CIR RATIO DIMENSIONLESS result rise Section sector shortage social systems SQUARE KILOMETERS standard of living system levels TABHL TABLE LOOK TIME.K tion units per person UNITS/PERSON/YEAR UNITS/YEAR usage rate variable world model world population world system