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Selected publications, technical reports and invited talks arranged by topics of interest.

Engineering of Social Systems: Theory and Methodology

Olaya, C. (2019). System Dynamics: Engineering Roots of Model Validation. Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science (2nd Ed.). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5, 1-9.

Olaya, C., Gomez-Quintero, J. et al. (2018). Designing Systemic Policies: Zombies in the Classroom. Proceedings of the 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, University of Iceland, Iceland.

Olaya, C., Gomez-Quintero, J. et al. (2018). Diseñando Políticas Sistémicas: Zombies en el Aula (Designing Systemic Policies: Zombies in the Classroom). Proceedings of the 16th Latin American System Dynamics Conference, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Puebla, Mexico

García-Díaz, C. & Olaya, C. (2018). Social Systems Engineering. The Design of Complexity. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

García-Díaz, C. & Olaya, C. (2018). Introduction: The Why, What and How of Social Systems Engineering. In: García-Díaz, C. & Olaya, C. (Eds.), Social Systems Engineering. The Design of Complexity. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Olaya, C. (2017). La datolatría en la Dinámica de Sistemas: reflexiones, peligros y desafíos (Datalatry in System Dynamics: Reflections, Dangers and Challenges). 15th Colombian System Dynamics Conference, Universidad de Cartagena-Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Cartagena.

Montoya, J., Muñoz, F. & Olaya, C. (2017). Ingeniería: del dominio técnico a la competencia ética (Engineering: from the technical domain to the ethical competence). Congreso Internacional de Ética Profesional en Ingeniería (International Conference of Engineering Professional Ethics), Bogotá, Colombia.

Olaya, C. & Gomez-Quintero, J. (2016). Conceptualization of Social Systems: Actors First. Proceedings of the 34th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Olaya, C. (2015). Cows, Agency, and the Significance of Operational Thinking. System Dynamics Review, 31:4, 183–219.

Hovmand, P., Guzman-Abello, L., Olaya, C., Munar, W. & Stahlschmidt, M.J. (2015). The Capability Traps in Explaining the Capability Trap: Lessons from the Field on Conveying Generalizable System Insights. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA.

Olaya, C. (2014). The Scientist Personality of System Dynamics. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Olaya, C. (2014). Zapatero a tus zapatos: modelos de ingeniería vs. modelos científicos (Stick to What you Know: Engineering Models vs. Scientific Models). Proceedings of the 12th Colombian System Dynamics Conference, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano.

García-Díaz, C. & Olaya, C. (2014).
Coping with Social Systems: Agent Reflexivity in Computational Models. 16th Congress of the World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics, University of Ibague, Colombia

Olaya, C. (2013). Más ingeniería y menos ciencia por favor (More Engineering, Less Science, Please). Proceedings of the 11th Latin American System Dynamics Conference, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Ciudad de México.

Olaya, C. (2012). The Importance of Being Atheoretical: Management as Engineering. In: Groesser, S. & Zeier, R. (Eds.) Systemic Management for Intelligent Organizations: Concepts, Model-Based Approaches and Applications, Heidelberg: Springer, 21-46.

Olaya, C. (2012). Models that Include Cows: The Significance of Operational Thinking. Proceedings of the 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.


Olaya, C. (2012). Ingeniería industrial: ranchito aparte. 10th Colombian System Dynamics Conference, Universidad Icesi-Universidad del Valle, Cali.

Aceros, V., Díaz, A., Escobar J.S., García, A., Gómez-Quintero, J., Olaya, C. & Otero, V. (2011). ¿Cualitativo o cuantitativo? Esa no es la cuestión: un método para el desarrollo de hipótesis dinámicas (Qualitative or Quantitative? That's not the Question: a Method for Developing Dynamic Hypotheses). Proceedings of the 9th Latin American System Dynamics Conference, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia.

Aceros, V., Díaz, A., Escobar J.S., García, A., Gómez-Quintero, J., Olaya, C. & Otero, V. (2011). Competentes a los porrazos: la enseñanza de dinámica de sistemas en la Universidad de los Andes.  (Competents by Trial and Error: Teaching of System Dynamics at Universidad de los Andes). Proceedings of the 9th Colombian System Dynamics Conference, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá.

Olaya, C., Lammoglia, N., & Zarama, R. (2010). A ‘Messi’ Way of Life. In: Richards, T. (Ed.) Soccer and Philosophy-Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game, Popular Culture and Philosophy Series, Vol. 51. Open Court Publishing, 278-289. Amazon.

Torres, N., & Olaya, C. (2010). Tackling the Mess: Causal-Loop Conceptualization of Solid Waste Management Systems through Cross-Impact Analysis
. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, South Korea.
 
Olaya, C. (2009). System Dynamics Philosophical Background and Underpinnings. In: Meyers, R. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science. New York: Springer, Vol. 9, 9057-9078.

Cruz, J. & Olaya, C. (2008). A System Dynamics Model for Studying the Structure of Network Marketing Organizations. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Athens, University of Patras - Panteion University Greece.

Mejia, A., Díaz, F., Díaz, G. & Olaya, C. (2007). Ser directo puede traerte problemas, pero ser indirecto también: las realimentaciones en dinámica de sistemas cualitativa y cuantitativa. Proceedings of the Fifth Latin American System Dynamics Conference. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Olaya, C. (2007). Dinámica de Sistemas. Ciclo preparatorio de conferencias - Segundo encuentro regional, congreso ALAS. Universidad de Ibagué, Ibagué, Colombia

Schwaninger, M.,  Ambroz, K., & Olaya, C. (2006).  A Model for Systemic Control. Computing Anticipatory Systems: CASYS 2005, AIP Conference Proceedings, Best Paper Award. American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY. Volume 839, 549-559. 

Olaya, C. (2005). The Significance of Addressing System Dynamics ExplanationsProceedings of the 23rd  International Conference of The System Dynamics Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - System Dynamics Group, Boston, MA, USA.

Olaya, C. (2005). Towards a Notion of Explanation in Complexity ScienceComplexity, Science and Society Conference – The Centre for Complexity Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K. The related presentation is here.

Olaya, C. (2004). System Dynamics Explanations As Mechanisms And Some Implications For Theory Building. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Keble College, University of Oxford, England.

Olaya, C. (2004). System Dynamics Explanations as Mechanisms (with—Maybe―Some Implications for Theory Building). Ph.D. Round Tables. The Swiss Chapter of the System Dynamic Society, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Olaya, C. (2002).  Segundo orden en dinámica de sistemas complejos (Second Order in Complex Systems Dynamics). V Feria Sistémica. University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.


Evolutionary Engineering of Social Systems 

Olaya, C. (2019). The Experimenting University. Kybernetes, https://doi.org/10.1108/k-05-2018-0276.

Olaya, C. (2018).
Evolutionary Universities: Designing for Parallel Experimentation. In: Dominici, G. (Ed.). Cocreating Responsible Futures in the Digital Age: Exploring new paths towards economic, social and environmental Sustainability. Business Systems Laboratory, Italy, 191-195.

Olaya, C., Guzmán, L. & Gomez-Quintero, J. (2016).
An Engineering Perspective for Policy Design: Self-Organizing Crime as an Evolutionary Social System. Trends in Organized Crime, 20:1, 55-84. 

Olaya, C., Guzmán, L. & Gomez-Quintero, J. (2015).
Corruption as a Matter of Ontology: Or How to Design Realistic Policies against Self-Organizing Complexities. 27th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy. University of Genoa, Italy.

Schaffernicht, M., & Olaya, C. (2012). Modeling as Autonomous System: Varela Meets Darwin. Proceedings of the 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Olaya, C., Gómez-Quintero, J. & Salas, D. (2012). Ontology in Action: Urban Mobility as Evolving Knowledge. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political EconomyCracow University of Economics, Cracow, Poland.

Gómez-Quintero, J., Olaya, C. & Salas, D. (2012). Simulación para el diseño de políticas en sistemas vivos: el caso de la movilidad urbana. (Simulation for Policy Design in Living Systems: the Case of Urban Mobility). 9o Congreso Latinoamericano IIE, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá .

González, M.A., Ramirez, C. & Olaya, C. (2011). How to Design Culturally Appropriate Engineering Solutions for Vulnerable Communities? In: Doolen, T. &  Van Aken, E. (Eds). Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference. Reno, NV, USA.

Olaya, C. (2011). Introducción a la economía evolutiva. Seminario “Temas de actualidad en Economia”, Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia.

Lammoglia, N.L., Olaya, C., Villalobos, J., Calderón, J.P., Valdivia, J.A. & Zarama, R. (2010). Heuristic-Based Management (I): Variation. Kybernetes. Vol. 39, 1513 - 1528.

Salas, D. & Olaya, C. (2010). Darwin en el aula: conjetura sobre la posibilidad de una educación seleccionista. (Darwin in the Classroom: Conjecture on the Possibility of a Selectionist Education). 12th International Conference on Philosophy of Education. Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.

Salas, D. & Olaya, C. (2009). No More “Learning”: Selectionist Education for the Classroom21st Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, (full book of abstracts) Fullerton, California State University, CA, USA. Abstract, full poster and references.

Olaya, C. (2008). The End of Control. International Journal Of Applied Systemic Studies, Vol. 2, 127-145. 

Olaya, C. (2007).  Can The Whole Be More Than The Computation Of The Parts? A Reflection On Emergence. In: Gershenson, C., Aerts, D., & Edmonds, B. (Eds.). Worldviews, Science and Us. Philosophy and Complexity: Essays on Epistemology, Evolution, and Emergence. Singapore/London: World Scientific, 81-98.


Applications: Justice and Security

Olaya, C. & Rodriguez, L.S. (2019). Ingeniería Criminológica: construir políticas criminológicas útiles y efectivas (Criminological Engineering: Building Useful and Effective Criminological Policies). In García-López, E. (Ed.). Psicopatología de la violencia: Aspectos jurídicos y evaluación criminológica, Bogotá: Editorial Manual Moderno, 15-31.

Olaya, C. (2018). ICT for public governance and judicial procedures: opportunities and challenges. ICT and the Rule of Law: Information, Communications and Technology for Peace Symposium. Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Universidad de los Andes.

Olaya C., Gomez-Quintero, J. & Navarrete, A. (2018). Crime and Punishment as a Social System: The Case of Prison Overcrowding. Kybernetes, 47:2, 369-391.

Olaya C., Gomez-Quintero, J. & Navarrete, A. (2018). Punished by Punishment: How Model-Based Policies Counteract Delayed-Feedback in Prision Overcrowding. In: Barile et al. (Eds.) Cybernetics and Systems: Social and Business Decisions, Routledge.

Olaya, C. (2017). Engineering the Special Jurisdiction for Peace. Build Peace Conference, Universidad de los Andes.

Olaya, C. (2017). Experiencias en ingeniería criminológica (Experiences in Criminological Engineering). Panel Discusssion on Crime and Security, Policía Nacional, Dirección de Investigación Criminal DIJIN-INTERPOL, Universidad de los Andes.

Olaya, C. & Victorino, M. (2017). The Power of Operational Thinking for Engineering Social Systems: A Tale of Crime and Police Work in an Urban District. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA.

Olaya, C. (2017). Crimen: cuestión de ingeniería. In: Benavides, F. (Ed.) Criminología en Colombia. Bogotá, Grupo Editorial Ibañez, 347-389.

Olaya, C., Gomez-Quintero, J. & Navarrete, A. (2017). Punished by Punishment: How Model-Based Policies Counteract Delayed-Feedback in Prison Overcrowding. 17th World Organisation of Systems And Cybernetics Congress, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy .

Rodríguez, L.S., García, A., Serge, A.C. & Olaya, C. (2017). Drogodependencia en mujeres colombianas (Drug Dependence in Colombian Women). In: Norza, E. & Egea, G. (Eds.). Con-ciencia criminal. Criminología, psicología jurídica y perfilación criminal. Bogotá: Editorial Manual Moderno.

Navarrete, A., Olaya, C., & Gomez-Quintero, J. (2016). To Legislate or not to Legislate? That is the Question: How Legislative Inflation Boosts Prison Overcrowding. Proceedings of the 34th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Rodríguez, L.S. & Olaya, C. (2016).
Ingeniería criminológica: construir políticas efectivas (Criminological Engineering: Building Effective Policies). 10º International Conference of the Ibero-American Association of Legal Psychology (AIPJ). Universidad Lusófona, Lisboa, Portugal.

Rodríguez, L.S., García, A., Serge, A.C. & Olaya, C. (2016). Dinamica de la drogodependencia en mujeres colombianas: políticas por construir. (Dynamics of Drug Dependence in Colombian Women: Policy Making). 10º International Conference of the Ibero-American Association of Legal Psychology (AIPJ). Universidad Lusófona, Lisboa, Portugal.

Olaya, C., Guzmán, L. & Gomez-Quintero, J. (2015).
Corruption as a Design Problem of Social Systems. Societal Dimensions of Organised Crime Conference, National Research Council, Rome, Italy.

Olaya, C. (2015). Justice Administration: A Systems Design Matter. Challenges of the New Justice Administration National Forum. Ministry of Justice and Law, Bogota.

Olaya, C. (2015). Justice Administration as an Engineering Problem. Justice Administration and Government Forum. Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Justice and Law, Inter-American Development Bank. Universidad de los Andes, Bogota.

Olaya, C. & Angel, V. (2014). The War on Drugs: A Failure in (Operational) Thinking. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Olaya, C. (2014). La irrelevancia del naturalismo criminológico: una invitación a la ingeniería.
Notas criminológicas, Vol. 1, 6-10.

Olaya, C. (2014). La justicia como sistema (Justice as a System).
Invited lecture. Supreme Tribunal of Justice of the State of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Olaya, C. (2013). On the Case of the Colombian Crime Observatory as a Criminological Think Tank. Institutional Reforms in the Justice Sector in LAC: A Public Sector Perspective Discussion Series. Latin America and Caribbean Region Public Sector Management Unit, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Olaya, C. (2013). La idea de 'sistema' y el sistema penal colombiano (The Idea of 'System' and the Colombian Criminal Justice System). Hacia un plan de acción integral en justicia y seguridad para El Salvador. The World Bank Group, San Salvador.

Olaya, C. (2012). Institutional Engineering from an Engineering Perspective. Institutions Matter for Security: But How? Regional Seminar Series. Latin America and Caribbean Region, Public Sector Management Unit, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Olaya, C. (2012). Ingeniería criminológica: presentación en sociedad. Simposio de Criminología, I Congreso Nacional de Psicología Jurídica, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá.

Olaya, C., Rodríguez, L.S. (2011). Modelos dinámicos del crimen (Dynamic Models of Crime). Investigación Criminológica. Vol. 2, No. 2, 21-26.

Rodríguez, L.S., & Olaya, C. (2011). Fenómeno del hurto de automotores en Bogotá a partir de una conceptualización sistémica apoyada en modelos de simulación continua. (A Systemic Approach to Auto Theft in Bogotá Based on Continuous Simulation Models). Primer simposio de investigación en psicología jurídica, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Universidad Nacional.

Olaya, C. (2011). Modelos de simulacion aplicados a la seguridad y la justicia (Application of Simulation Models to Security and Justice). II Encuentro Internacional y V Nacional de la Red de Observatorios del Delito “Políticas públicas y el conocimiento del delito”, Policía Nacional, Dirección de Investigación Criminal DIJIN-INTERPOL, Bogotá.

Rivera, G., Beltrán, I., & Olaya, C. (2011). Innovación criminal vs innovación del Estado (Crime Innovation vs State Innovation). Documentos de trabajo (policy papers) del Instituto del Pensamiento Liberal, No. 001, Bogotá.

Rivera, G., Beltrán, I., & Olaya, C. (2011). Estado vs narcotráfico: una comparación organizacional (State vs. Narcotraffic: an Organizational Comparison). Reporte técnico para debate de control político de la Sesión Plenaria de la Cámara de Representantes de la República de Colombia.

Olaya, C. (2010). Model-Based Lawmaking and the Curious Case of the Colombian Criminal Justice System. Kybernetes. Vol. 39, 1678 - 1700.

Olaya, C., Salinas, M., & Beltrán, I. (2010). Theorizing about Crime: Elements for a Contribution of System Dynamics to Criminology. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, Korea.

Pardo, L. & Olaya C. (2009). Laws as Models: Demobilization and Congestion in Colombia’s Justice and Peace Process. 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, Stream: System Dynamics Modelling. Gustav-Stresemann Institute, Bonn, Germany.

Olaya, C. (2009). Retos de la modernización de la justicia en Latinoamérica: una mirada al nuevo sistema penal acusatorio colombiano. Centro Latinoamericano-Suizo de la Universidad de San Gallen (CLS-HSG), St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Olaya, C., Díaz, G. & Ramos, A. (2008). The Power of the Stock: Accumulations in the Colombian Accusatory System Reform. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Athens, University of Patras - Panteion University Greece.

Díaz, G. & Olaya, C. (2003). Aproximación a las políticas para el control y la erradicación de cultivos ilícitos en Colombia (Analysis of the Policies for Control and Eradication of Illicit Cultivations in Colombia). Memorias del 1er Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, México.

Olaya, C. (2002). Manizales: Preparatory Assistance Report. Colombia National Project: Strengthening Local Government Institutions In the Fight Against Corruption. Project subscribed within The Global Programme against Corruption. Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Centro de Investigación y Consultoría GUIA & CIDER, University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.


Applications: Public Policy and Management

Meisel, J.D., Sarmiento, O.L., Olaya, C., Lemoine, P.D., Valdivia, J.A., & Zarama, R. (2018). Towards a novel model for studying the nutritional stage dynamics of the Colombian population by age and socioeconomic status. PLos One, 13(2):e0191929, 1-22.
 
Díaz, A. & Olaya, C. (2017). An Engineering View for Social Systems: Agency as an Operational Principle for Designing Higher Education Access Policies. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 30:6
, 627-649

Meisel, J.D., Sarmiento, O.L., Olaya, C., Valdivia, J.A., & Zarama, R. (2016).
A System Dynamics Model of the Nutritional Stages of the Colombian Population, Kybernetes, 45:4, 554-570.

Olaya, C. (2015). Liderazgo: pura ingeniería de sistemas (Leadership: Pure Systems Engineering). Tribuna - Revista de asuntos públicos, 10, 28-32.


Meisel, J.D., Sarmiento, O.L., Olaya, C. & Zarama, R. (2014).
A System Dynamics Model of the Nutritional Stage of the Colombian Population by Socioeconomic Status. 16th Congress of the World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics, University of Ibague, Colombia.

Baena, A. & Olaya C. (2013). Social Housing in Colombia: A Case for Social Systems Engineering. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA.

Olaya, C. (2013). Ingeniería de sistemas sociales y la ciudad como sistema. Programa Líderes x Bogotá, Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá.

Trujillo, E., Díaz Del Castillo, A., Ramírez, C., Orjuela De Deeb, N., Betancourt, L., Olaya, C., Jaramillo, I., & Gómez Y. (2013). Propuesta de un modelo que articule el abordaje integral de los niños y niñas con dificultades de aprendizaje en los colegios de la Asociación Alianza Educativa (2009-2012). 36° Congreso Argentino De Pediatría, Ciudad de Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Díaz, A. & Olaya, C. (2012). Engineering of Higher Education Systems. Annual Conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education, Wales, UK.

Baena, A., & Olaya, C. (2012). VIS de calidad en Colombia: hacia una solución integral (Quality Housing in Colombia: towards an integral solution), Revista S&T, 11(24), 9-26.

Otero, V., Olaya, C., & Castro-Sanguino, C. (2010). Deceiving Feedbacks: The Challenge of Policy-Design for Inshore Fishery Activities in Complex Ecosystems. The Case of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta.  In: Swayne, D.A. et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the iEMSs Fifth Biennial Meeting: International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2010). International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Ottawa, Canada, 1473-1480 .

Olaya, C. & Burgos, L. (2009). Bueno es cilantro pero no tanto: la dinámica de las políticas de propiedad intelectual del TLC y su impacto en el acceso a medicamentos genéricos en Colombia. Proceedings of the 7th Latin American System Dynamics Conference. Santa Marta, Colombia, 247-260.

Archila, M., Cleves, L., Ramírez, N., Byfield, C. & Olaya C. (2009). La dinámica del atraco generacional en el sistema pensional colombiano. Proceedings of the 7th Latin American System Dynamics Conference. Santa Marta, Colombia, 233-246.

Amaya, C. A., Novoa, L., Olaya, C., Velasco, N., & Zarama, R. (2008). Sistemas de Salud. V Congreso Latinoamericano - Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Paipa – Colombia.

Olaya, C., Díaz, F. & Caicedo S. (2007). Towards a System Dynamics Model of De Soto’s Theory on Informal Economy. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Massachusetts Institute of Technology  - System Dynamics Group, Boston, MA, USA.

Ambroz, K. & Olaya, C. (2006). Failure to Learn from Cross-Cultural Interaction: Lessons from a Simulation Model of the Greenland Norse Colony.  In: Bouncken, R. B. (Ed.), Interkulturelle Kooperation. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 115-127.

Olaya, C. (2002). A System Dynamics Model For A New Perspective on The Colombia Decentralisation Process Reform.  Proceedings of the 20th International  Conference of  the System Dynamics Society, Palermo,  Italy.

Olaya, C. (2002). Dinámica de Sistemas en la Administración Pública Municipal Colombiana ("System Dynamics in Local Public Management in Colombia").  Segundo Coloquio Latinoamericano sobre Enfoque Sistémico, Comunidades, Aprendizaje y Acción Social. University of Los Andes, Grupo Teso, Bogotá, Colombia.


Applications: Production and Management

Cortés, A.M., Useche, A.F. & Olaya, C. (2017). Jugando con los pollos: un simulador para promover decisiones sistémicas en MaxiAlimentos (Playing with chickens: a simulator to promote systemic decisions in MaxiAlimentos), Proceedings of the 15th Latin American System Dynamics Conference, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.

Olaya, C. (2014). El sentido empresarial hacia la seguridad y la competitividad (The Business Direction towards Security and Competitiveness). Trust for Competitiveness and Citizen Safety (Ficosec), Chihuahua, Mexico.

Venegas, F., & Olaya, C. (2010). Dinámica de Sistemas como apoyo a la toma de decisiones frente un posible escenario de crisis económica en una empresa colombiana. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Production Research, ICPR – Americas 2010. Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.

Jordan, H. & Olaya C. (2009). Flower Dynamics: Fixing Unfairness Perception among Farmers. 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, Stream: System Dynamics Modelling. Gustav-Stresemann Institute, Bonn, Germany.

Schwaninger, M., Olaya, C. & Ambroz, K. (2007). The Complexity Challenge: A Case for Model-based Management. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Massachusetts Institute of Technology  - System Dynamics Group, Boston, MA, USA.

Ambroz, K. & Olaya, C. (2006). No Longer Born Wild? Implications of the Cohort Effect on the Motorcycle Industry. 21st European Conference on Operational Research, Stream: Modeling Social Systems. University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Olaya C. & Ambroz, K. (2006).  Wanted: Easy Riders. The Aging of the German Motorcycle Rider Population and its Implications on the Motorcycle MarketProceedings of the 24th International Conference of The System Dynamics Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Olaya, C. & Ruess, M. (2004).  The Sociological Theory of Crozier And Friedberg on Organized Action Seen Through A Simulation Model. InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article 1469.

Olaya C. (2004). The Sociological Theory of Crozier and Friedberg on Organized Action Seen through a Simulation Model. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Complex Systems. New England Complex Systems Institute, Boston, MA, USA.