Plenary: Best Practices in System Dynamics (SOC Virtual 2) (Virtual) on Thursday, July 16, 2026, 9:00 PM
Room: Virtual Room Main
Thread: Learning and Teaching
Duration: 60 minutes
Chairs: Leonard Malczynski, Jack Mercer
Support: Mariana Otero Becerril
Best Practices in System Dynamics
Presenter: Leonard Malczynski
This workshop will be an introduction to model construction. This is not formulation, group model building, or testing. This is all about the process of using system dynamics software tools to create well built and robust simulations. We will examine the quality of model construction, personal processes that will improve modeling skill, and criteria for checking the 'well built' attribute of system dynamics models. The workshop is intended for people who are relatively new to the field, have encountered models that can't be understood, or do not have considerable modeling experience, and those who teach SD modeling.
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