SD uses
computer simulation for enhancing learning and decision making
in
complex systems. It builds
top-down / aggregated computer models focused on information
feedback
structures
for explaining behavior in complex systems. Decision
making
processes, delays and
non-linearity are key characteristics in this approach.
Free
introductory material to SD is provided by the MIT System
Dynamics Group
and by the SD+
special
interest group of the Operational
Research Society. The Mega
Link List
provided by G. Ossimitz can be very useful as well. Top
academic
research can be found in the System
Dynamics
Review. The System
Dynamics
Society
channels the research and the use of this approach around the
world.