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View article: Basic Income and Job Guarantee: A Joint Platform for Labour under High Tech Production
Basic Income and Job Guarantee: A Joint Platform for Labour under High Tech Production Open
The introduction of modern production methods of automation and the application of artificial intelligence have led to significantly higher levels of productivity, the promise of better living standards and more leisure time. Concurrently,…
View article: Engaging with diverse worldviews using system dynamics
Engaging with diverse worldviews using system dynamics Open
This comment responds to the work by Blumberga (2024) by considering further the potential that System Dynamics modelling—SD—has for dealing with stakeholders holding a range of worldviews. It does so by exploring the methodological assump…
View article: Sublime reason: when Isaac Asimov met Jay Forrester
Sublime reason: when Isaac Asimov met Jay Forrester Open
This article describes an encounter between servomechanism innovator, digital computing pioneer and creator of system dynamics, Jay Forrester, and Isaac Asimov, renowned author of science fiction (including “The Foundation Trilogy” and its…
View article: Foodborne transmission of norovirus: mechanism modelling, seasonality and policy implications (2020 System Dynamics Applications Award paper)
Foodborne transmission of norovirus: mechanism modelling, seasonality and policy implications (2020 System Dynamics Applications Award paper) Open
The article describes a study of the foodborne transmission mechanisms for norovirus. It was undertaken for the U.K. Food Standards Agency and received the System Dynamics Society's 2020 “System Dynamics Applications Award”. The article op…
View article: Towards a behavioural system dynamics: Exploring its scope and delineating its promise
Towards a behavioural system dynamics: Exploring its scope and delineating its promise Open
View article: Fons et origo: reflections on the 60th anniversary of<i>Industrial Dynamics</i>
Fons et origo: reflections on the 60th anniversary of<i>Industrial Dynamics</i> Open
This paper records and reflects on the anniversary of the publication of Forrester's Industrial Dynamics . It considers the book from four perspectives. First, it samples the earlier publications that heralded and anticipated its publicati…
View article: Open For All: The OERu’s Next Generation Digital Learning Ecosystem
Open For All: The OERu’s Next Generation Digital Learning Ecosystem Open
This paper describes the functionality, scalability, and cost of implementing and maintaining a suite of open source technologies, which have supported hundreds of thousands of learners in the past year, on an information technology infras…
View article: Review Tele-Improvisation Intercultural Interaction in the Online Global Music Jam Session
Review Tele-Improvisation Intercultural Interaction in the Online Global Music Jam Session Open
As musical director of the Ethernet Orchestra, an "Internet-based networked music ensemble exploring intercultural improvisatory collaboration," 2 Mills builds upon his experiential foundation to write his 2019 book Tele-Improvisation: Int…
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View article: Understanding foodborne transmission mechanisms for Norovirus: A study for the UK's Food Standards Agency
Understanding foodborne transmission mechanisms for Norovirus: A study for the UK's Food Standards Agency Open
The paper outlines the ‘complete arc’ of a range of modelling activities initiated by UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA). Norovirus produces infectious intestinal disease in humans via both person-to-person contact (P2P) and foodborne (FB) t…
View article: Computational modelling for decision-making: where, why, what, who and how
Computational modelling for decision-making: where, why, what, who and how Open
In order to deal with an increasingly complex world, we need ever more sophisticated computational models that can help us make decisions wisely and understand the potential consequences of choices. But creating a model requires far more t…
View article: Blending systems thinking approaches for organisational analysis: Reviewing child protection in England
Blending systems thinking approaches for organisational analysis: Reviewing child protection in England Open
This paper concerns the innovative use of a blend of systems thinking ideas in the ‘Munro Review of Child Protection’, a high-profile examination of child protection activities in England, conducted for the Department for Education. We go …