Systems dynamic modeling is a mathematical technique to understand and analyze complex issues and problems. The most widely circulated systems modeling application is a simulation called the ‘Limits to Growth’. This forecasted that population growth would be so widespread that it would cripple finite resource sources eventually leading to economic collapse.
The underlying foundation of this model is that system structure is as important in determining outcomes as the individual components itself. Other ways of examining systems dynamic modeling are to look at chaos theory and social dynamics.
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