Subject: managing innovation using stock and flow diagram

Posted by Dexter Chapin on 1/29/2009
In Reply To:managing innovation using stock and flow diagram Posted by Kathy Arizmendi on 1/29/2009

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Actually, there seems to be a source of change in any complex, and even not complex, systems. It is possible to build a chaotic system with only one flow in and one flow out of a single stock. When you have complex systems made of semi-autonomous agents operating under simple sets of rules, there will be rather dynamic changes. Renee Thom illustrated this with his cusp.
So perturbation, and possibly change, is inherent in any complex system. An interesting question involves how much and how often. In natural systems, if the frequency is shorter than the relaxation period, the system will likely dissolve. The relaxation period is in part dependent on the centrality, or connectedness, of the altered trait.

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