Mistakes in System Dynamics Models: An Educational Issues from the Systems Engineering Perspective

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mistakes in System Dynamics Models: An Educational Issues from the Systems Engineering Perspective

Original language description

Systems engineering and development of system dynamics models are strongly interconnected. During this process of system construction, system dynamics modelling represents a useful approach to simulation of system behaviour over time and to support the quality and suitability of related decision. Appropriate application of systems thinking during the whole modelling process plays a crucial role and it is both problematic and challenging. This paper focuses on the identification of the issues occurring during the modelling process. The applied methods incorporates the experimental set-up, direct observation of modellers and qualitative analysis of developed models. Consequently, the list of identified drawbacks linked with particular systems thinking track is developed. The identified mistakes together with their linkage with type of thinking are summarised in a useful overview of what could and should be omitted or eliminated during the system dynamics modelling. Results reveal that operational thinking represents the most challenging thinking track. It is followed by non-linear, analytical, critical and structural thinking. Based on the achieved results, the modellers could analyse and revise their approaches and thinking patterns. These can be reconsidered and appropriately adapted following the principles of the correct application of systems thinking during system dynamics modelling.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

ISBN

978-1-5323-5949-1

ISSN

2169-8767

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

1303-1314

Publisher name

IEOM Society International

Place of publication

Neuveden

Event location

Plzeň

Event date

Jul 23, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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