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Consider the following "Sustaining the Forest" model intended to provide another example of how unexpected the behavior of a web of extended interactions can be. Video @ LinkedIn ,  Twitter ,  YouTube
AIAC BCTD Roam
Consider the following "Sustaining the Forest" model intended to provide another example of how unexpected the behavior of a web of extended interactions can be.
Sustaining the Forest
Gene Bellinger
22
Causal loop diagram unfolding story based on Jack  Homer's  paper  Worker burnout: a dynamic model See IM-333  for the Simulation model and  IM-2178  for a related Causal Loop Diagram of Project Turnover  
Clinical Care Business Health Care Work Services

Causal loop diagram unfolding story based on Jack  Homer's paper Worker burnout: a dynamic model See IM-333 for the Simulation model and IM-2178 for a related Causal Loop Diagram of Project Turnover

 

Burnout Dynamics CLD rich pic
Geoff McDonnell
13 5 months ago
Simulating Hyperinflation for 3650 days. If private bond holdings are going down and the government is running a big deficit then the central bank has to monetize bonds equal to the deficit plus the decrease in private bond holdings.  We don't show the details of the central bank buying bonds here,
Money Inflation Hyperinflation Finance Economics
Simulating Hyperinflation for 3650 days.

If private bond holdings are going down and the government is running a big deficit then the central bank has to monetize bonds equal to the deficit plus the decrease in private bond holdings.  We don't show the details of the central bank buying bonds here, just the net results.

See blog at http://howfiatdies.blogspot.com for more on hyperinflation, including a hyperinflation FAQ.
Hyperinflation Simulation
Vincent Cate
14
This simulation allows you to compare different approaches to influence flow, the Flow Times and the throughput of a work process. By adjusting the sliders below you can  observe the work process without any work in process limitations ( WIP Limits ),  with process step specific WIP Limits* (
TOC Flow Tameflow Theory Of Constraints DBR Agile Kanban Drum-Buffer-Rope
This simulation allows you to compare different approaches to influence flow, the Flow Times and the throughput of a work process.

By adjusting the sliders below you can 
  • observe the work process without any work in process limitations (WIP Limits), 
  • with process step specific WIP Limits* (work state WIP limits), 
  • or you may want to see the impact of the Tameflow approach with Kanban Token and Replenishment Token 
  • or see the impact of the Drum-Buffer-Rope** method. 
* Well know in (agile) Kanban
** Known in the physical world of factory production

The "Tameflow approach" using Kanban Token and Replenishment Token as well as the Drum-Buffer-Rope method take oth the Constraint (the weakest link of the work process) into consideration when pulling in new work items into the delivery "system". 

You can also simulate the effects of PUSH instead of PULL. 

Feel free to play around and recognize the different effects of work scheduling methods. 

If you have questions or feedback get in touch via twitter @swilluda

The work flow itself
Look at the simulation as if you would look on a kanban board. 

The simulation mimics a "typical" software delivery process. 

From left to right you find the following ten process steps. 
  1. Input Queue (Backlog)
  2. Selected for work (waiting for analysis or work break down)
  3. Analyse, break down and understand
  4. Waiting for development
  5. In development
  6. Waiting for review
  7. In review
  8. Waiting for deployment
  9. In deployment
  10. Done
Kanban Board Simulation - WIP Limit, Tameflow Kanban Token and Drum-Buffer-Rope
Stefan Willuda
15
As initially proposed by Pr. William M White of Cornell University: http://www.geo.cornell.edu/eas/education/course/descr/EAS302/302_06Lab11.pdf http://www.eas.cornell.edu/
Environment
As initially proposed by Pr. William M White of Cornell University:
Global Carbon Cycle
France Caron
526
Este artículo explora cómo la técnica de normalización puede dar nacimiento a modelos de simulación equilibrados, capaces de revelar dinámicas profundas ocultas tras decisiones empresariales visibles. A través del caso de People Express, se ilustra cómo un sistema puede colapsar o elevarse según la
People Express dinámica de sistemas sustentabilidad

Este artículo explora cómo la técnica de normalización puede dar nacimiento a modelos de simulación equilibrados, capaces de revelar dinámicas profundas ocultas tras decisiones empresariales visibles. A través del caso de People Express, se ilustra cómo un sistema puede colapsar o elevarse según la armonía —o disonancia— entre la estructura latente y las políticas visibles. El enfoque conecta lo financiero con lo humano, resaltando que escalar con sabiduría requiere mucho más que aviones: requiere conciencia estructural.

Alas para la Sustentabilidad
Pedro D. Almaguer Prado
2 weeks ago