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I've found Business Dynamics by Sterman to be the best all-round System Dynamics book in my collection (I have three of the above, excluding Weinberg's). Meado
by jacques_chester 6y ago
I've found Business Dynamics by Sterman to be the best all-round System Dynamics book in my collection (I have three of the above, excluding Weinberg's).
Meadows is interesting and a quick read, but shallow. Morecroft is a thorough read and a decent alternative to Sterman's if you can't get it. But Sterman's really is the best textbook.
- Jtsummers 6y agoI got my copy of Sterman from my sister (who had studied systems engineering at MIT and so had a copy from her coursework there), but at your recommendation from a few years ago. I worked through (most of) Morecroft because it was available through O'Reilly's online library and I had a subscription through work. I read Meadows specifically because of the leverage points essay, and wanted to see what else she had. It's definitely shallower than the others, but I think a good introduction because of its relative brevity.
- jacques_chester 6y agoI should ask him for a royalty.
- Jtsummers 6y agoPerhaps. She actually gave it to me during her speech at my wedding to demonstrate how big a nerd I am.