Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from January 2000

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from January 2000

Should System Dynamics be Described as a `Hard' or `Deterministic' Systems Approach?
January 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION In this section the motivation and form of the paper are introduced. First, the main ideas of system dynamics are presented (readers familiar with the approach may wish to skip this subsection). The range of accusations that...

The Practice and Ethics of Design.
January 1, 2000... METHOD OF CONDENSATION The first step of the condensation process produced 30 summaries. A second contraction precipitated approximately 1000 key statements. These statements were precipitated out by a process that (1) highlighted the key...

Generic Research Designs in the Study of Education: A Systemic Typology.
January 1, 2000... Those who are enamoured in practice without science are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass and never has any certainty where he is going. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Ms. G, 8 (The Library, Institut de France)...

Quantitative Relationships between Collective Action and Prisoners' Dilemma.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... PRODUCTION FUNCTION AND PAYOFF FUNCTIONS As is well known (Oliver, 1993), the problem of collective action can be analyzed as a Prisoners' Dilemma game. Hardin (1971) showed that any analysis that prescribes a solution for multiperson...

Complex Societal Problem Solving: A Possible Set of Methodological Criteria.
January 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Jackson (1991, p. 185) has emphasized five commitments of critical systems thinking (CST): (1) demonstration of critical awareness; (2) showing of social awareness; (3) dedication to human emancipation; (4)...