Mapping versus Modelling in System Dynamics

摘要：

Qualitative and quantitative system dynamics tools have both been successfully applied in the area of dynamic decision making.Though these tools have been generally used in conjunction with each other, more recently, the use of qualitative tools alone has found support from some authors. This exclusion of the computer modelling phase has sparked a debate on the relative usefulness of qualitative tools versus quantitative tools. To date there has been little agreement on the issue. In the current study, a controlled experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of both these types of system dynamics tools. Taken together, the findings suggest that qualitative tools are sufficient for simple tasks but contribute only to a limited extent in complex tasks. Further,quantitative tools are found to be a necessity to tackle more complex tasks.

关键词： qualitative quantitative system dynamics experimental dynamic decision making task complexity

作者: Rajat Dhawan Marcus OConnor Mark Borman

作者单位: Doctoral Candidate Discipline of Business Information Systems University of Sydney, Australia Professor Discipline of Business Information Systems University of Sydney, Australia Senior Lecturer Discipline of Business Information Systems University of Sydney, Australia

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007 Conference on Systems Science, Management Science and System Dynamics(第二届系统科学、管理科学与系统动力学国际会议)

会议地点: 上海

会议语种:英文

页码: 353-358

在线出版日期: 2007-10-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）