World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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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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... 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 ...
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... social systems . The means are visible . The task will be no easier than the development of science and technology . For the next thirty years we can expect rapid advancement in understanding the complex dynamics of our social systems ...
... social systems . The means are visible . The task will be no easier than the development of science and technology . For the next thirty years we can expect rapid advancement in understanding the complex dynamics of our social systems ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
Copyright | |
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accumulation action actual agriculture appear assumed assumptions average become behavior billion birth rate capital investment Capital-investment cause Chapter consequences continue created crowding curve death rate decline defined depends described developed discard discussed dynamic effect environment equations equilibrium examine existing expect factor falling Figure food production food ratio forces fraction further future gives greater grow growth higher improve increase indicated industrialization influence initial land less limit LOGICAL FUNCTION loop lower material standard means mode MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource normal NREM NRUN1 occurs ORIGINAL peak person policies pollution crisis pollution ratio POLN1 POLR population possible present pressures probably processes raise rate normal reaches reduced relationship remaining represents result rise sector shortage shown shows social systems space standard of living stop structure suppressed TABLE taken tion units usage variable world system