Subject: Connections between models and reality

Posted by Niall Palfreyman on 3/5/2004
In Reply To:Stocks and Flows Posted by Steve Wantuch on 3/4/2004

Message:

I find these tips very helpful. Does anyone else have any pithy tips which help with the building and use of models? I tend to concern myself with the more mathematical side of SD, and often have difficulty expressing in a nutshell how I move back and forth between reality and model.

Thanks,
Niall Palfreyman.

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