World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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... created by accumulating the net difference between the money flows in and out . In financial accounting statements , the level variables are those found on the balance sheet , whereas those on the profit and loss statement represent ...
... created by accumulating the net difference between the money flows in and out . In financial accounting statements , the level variables are those found on the balance sheet , whereas those on the profit and loss statement represent ...
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... creating growth of populations and of industrialization . We also know much about physical limits of land area , the ... created by changes in social policies . 4.1 Reading the Computer Graphs The figures in this chapter are drawn over ...
... creating growth of populations and of industrialization . We also know much about physical limits of land area , the ... created by changes in social policies . 4.1 Reading the Computer Graphs The figures in this chapter are drawn over ...
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... created in the past . The " mathematical " notation that is used for describing a dynamic model is unambiguous . It ... creation of a suitable model struc- ture . How is the available information about relationships and motivations to be ...
... created in the past . The " mathematical " notation that is used for describing a dynamic model is unambiguous . It ... creation of a suitable model struc- ture . How is the available information about relationships and motivations to be ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
Copyright | |
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1970 conditions accumulation agricultural land assumed assumptions behavior billion birth rate normal birth-control program BRFM BRN1 capital investment CAPITAL UNITS CAPITAL UNITS/PERSON CAPITAL-INVESTMENT DISCARD capital-investment ratio CAPITAL-INVESTMENT-IN-AGRICULTURE FRACTION cause Chapter CI=C CIAF CIGN1 CIMT 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-resource Natural-resource-usage rate negative loop NR=N NREM NREMT NRUN1 POLN1 POLAT pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR POLLUTION UNITS pollution-absorption population and capital population density pressures QL-Q ratio CIR RATIO DIMENSIONLESS result rise Section sector shortage social systems SQUARE KILOMETERS standard of living system levels TABHL TABLE LOOK tion units per person UNITS/PERSON/YEAR UNITS/YEAR usage rate variable world model world population world system