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008			090810s2010 dcua bi 001 0 eng
020			_a9781597264723 _qcloth: alk. paper
020			_a1597264725 _qcloth: alk. paper
020			_a9781597264730 _qpbk.: alk. paper
020			_a1597264733 _qpbk.: alk. paper
040			_apucpr _beng _cpucpr _dpucpr _erda
049			_aCARIBET
050	0	0	_aGE45.D37 _bF67 2010
082	0	0	_a363.7001/1 _222
100			_aFord, Andrew. _997762
245	1	0	_aModeling The Environment : _cAndrew Ford. _htxt
250			_aSecond edition
264			_aWashington ; _bIsland Press , _c2010.
300			_axviii, 380 p. _bill. ; _c26 cm. _fbook
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediaded _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_aInclude index.
504			_aInclude bibliographical reference.
505			_aPreface xi -- Acknowledgments xvii -- Part I. Introductory Modeling : Chapter 1 Introduction 3 -- Chapter 2 Software : Getting Started with Stella and Vensim 17 -- Chapter 3 Stocks and Flows : The Building Blocks of Systems Dynamics Models 31 -- Chapter 4 Accumulating the Flows 39 -- Chapter 5 Water Flows in the Mono Basin 47 -- Chapter 6 Equilibrium Diagrams 65 -- Chapter 7 S-Shaped Growth 77 -- Chapter 8 Epidemic Dynamics 87 -- Chapter 9 Information Feedback and Causal Loop Diagrams 99 -- Chapter 10 Homeostasis 117 -- Chapter 11 Temperature Control on Daisyworld 125 -- Chapter 12 Hitting the Bull's Eye 139 -- Part II Intermediate Modeling -- Chapter 13 The Modeling Process 149 -- Chapter 14 Software: Further Progress with Stella and Vensim 169 -- Chapter 15 The Salmon of the Pacific Northwest 189 -- Chapter 16 Managing a Feebate Program for Cleaner Vehicles 209 -- Chapter 17 Modeling Pitfalls 223 -- Chapter 18 Introduction to Cyclical Behavior 235 -- Chapter 19 Cycles in Real Estate Construction 245 -- Chapter 20 Cycles in Predator and Prey Populations 255 -- Chapter 21 The Overshoot of the Kaibab Deer Population 267 -- Chapter 22 DDT in the Ocean 289 -- Chapter 23 CO2 in the Atmosphere 295 -- Chapter 24 Concluding Perspective 305 -- Appendixes Review and Advanced Methods -- Appendix A. Review of Units 317 -- Appendix B. Review of Exponential Growth 323 -- Appendix C. Software Choices and Individual Based Models 329 -- Appendix D. Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty 341 -- Appendix E. Incorporating Other Methods in a System Dynamics Model 349 -- Appendix F. Short Run and Long Run Dynamics in a Single Model 353 -- Appendix G. Spatial Dynamics and Spatial Displays 359 -- References 367 -- Index 375 --
650		0	_aArchitecture _954081
650		0	_aEnvironmental sciences _992425 _2Simulation methods
942			_2lcc _c6 _eSecond edition _hGE45.D37 _kGeneral _mF67 2010
999			_c226223 _d226223