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Simple 3 box model for atmospheric and ocean carbon cycle, including DIC system, carbonate alkalinity, and weathering feedbacks.
Simple 3 box model for atmospheric and ocean carbon cycle, including DIC system, carbonate alkalinity, and weathering feedbacks.
Lab 4
Joseph Borg
3 weeks 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
16
From Hieronymi's 2013 Systems Research  Paper  Understanding Systems Science. Systems Science as one of the clusters of interacting methods for improving health services network design and delivery using complex decision technologies see insight
Complexity Methods Systems Engineering Systems Science
From Hieronymi's 2013 Systems Research Paper Understanding Systems Science. Systems Science as one of the clusters of interacting methods for improving health services network design and delivery using complex decision technologies see insight
Understanding Systems Science
Geoff McDonnell
13 12 months ago
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
This is a model of temperate turtle population growth taken from the peer-reviewed paper "Population dynamics and biological feasibility of sustainable harvesting as a conservation strategy for tropical and temperate freshwater turtles" by Rachmansah et. al, 2020 in PLOS One.  The data is taken
This is a model of temperate turtle population growth taken from the peer-reviewed paper "Population dynamics and biological feasibility of sustainable harvesting as a conservation strategy for tropical and temperate freshwater turtles" by Rachmansah et. al, 2020 in PLOS One. 

The data is taken from the first column of Table 1 of the paper, with movement and survival from the juvenile stage (P & G) calculated from equation 1 & 2. Female fecundity is halved, since the model is female only. 

This model adds temperature dependent sex ratio based on the equation for painted turtles from Jantzen 1994 Proc. Nat. Academy. Sci. As well as a scale of warming based on 2-4deg C by 2100. 
Freshwater Turtle Population Growth Model with Temperature Dependent Sex Ratio
Jens Hegg
15 hours ago