Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling With Dynamo

Computers & Technology

Richardson, George P.

Computer Science

Wright Allen Pr

<p>This is a study of a method of thinking in the social sciences known as the loop concept. This concept underlies the notions of feedback and circular causality. After tracing its historical roots, the author argues that modern usage of feedback thinking in the social sciences divides into two main lines of development. He makes extensive use of the analysis of citations and texts from many branches of the social sciences to document this split and to trace its development and implications. The presumption underlying this work is that feedback thinking is one of the most penetrating patterns of thought in all social science. Part of the purpose of the text is to illuminate the significance of feedback thinking in social science and social policy - current as well as classical.</p>

Feedback Thought in Social Science and Systems Theory

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

University of Pennsylvania Press

This is a study of a method of thinking in the social sciences known as the loop concept. This concept underlies the notions of feedback and circular causality. After tracing its historical roots, the author argues that modern usage of feedback thinking in the social sciences divides into two main lines of development. He makes extensive use of the analysis of citations and texts from many branches of the social sciences to document this split and to trace its development and implications. The presumption underlying this work is that feedback thinking is one of the most penetrating patterns of thought in all social science. Part of the purpose of the text is to illuminate the significance of feedback thinking in social science and social policy - current as well as classical.

Business & Money

Pugh, Alexander L., III

Pugh III, Alexander L.

Management & Leadership

Productivity Pr

Under 2 Flags: Pictures of a Life Between Heidelberg and Hollywood

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Xlibris

<p>This seminal text features an original investigation into the history of a powerful way of thinking—the loop concept underlying the notions of feedback and circular causality in the social sciences. One of the most penetrating thought patterns in all social science, feedback thought is embedded in the very foundation of systems theory. This study illuminates its significance in social policy as well as social science.</p>

George P. Richardson

Pegasus Communications

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