When to model?

Joe Kilbride (jk@mcs.com)
Mon, 28 Nov 94 10:14 CST

Let me try again. I posted the following one week ago and so far no takers.
Perhaps it was that many of you were recovering/returning from the Systems
Thinking In Action conference (BTW, how was that? Any highlights attendees
would like to share with those of us who stayed home?) In any case, no one
has responded to my question so I'll ask it again.

Each of us has a number of different "tools" we can use when responding to
a clients' request for help. For what types of "requests for help" are
System Dynamics models (e.g., ithink and its cousins) most appropriate?
What are the criteria you use for choosing SD models over other approaches?

If no interest in this topic, I promise to drop it this time. It's just
that I have this new hammer, and suddenly everything looks like a nail...

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