This model represents an elaboration of the Savings Account model to investigate the implications associated with intending to save money for retirement so an amount may be withdrawn monthly for living expenses.
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Retirement Account Model
Network Magic's rapid growth creates a growing demand for resources. And the more they satisfy their customers the more difficult the problem becomes.
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Network Magic/Understanding
The intent here is to provide guidance for creating well structured and documented relationship maps that you can share with your audience and they are likely to find understandable and informative.
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Relationships
You've probably heard the comment "It's the economy stupid!" Well I've finally concluded that when it comes to the economy "It's stupidity stupid!" might be a more appropriate phrase.
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It's Stupidity Stupid!
Thoughts on why storytelling is critical for enabling others to understand relationship models once they're developed. This was done for the Learning Community Group at ODU Mar 2019.
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Storytelling for Understanding (ODU)
Perspective on the difference between Process and System.
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Process vs System
An escalation structure results from two or more competing entities with the competition taking them to somewhere none of them want to be. See also Archetypes.
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Escalation Archetype
Investigating the behavior of several variables over time has probably raised more questions than answers. As such now it's time to investigate what else might be influencing the trending of these variables.
Receivables/Relationships
The virtuous reinforcing loop is what happens when you just do it with a trial and learning mindset.
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Virtuous Reinforcing Loop
Example of using a Macro as a counter. See the comment on Counter for a definition of the Macro then run the simulation to see the counter in action.
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Macro Counter
While it's rather straight forward to invest money in places that generate interest over time why isn't that more of us don't do that and become rich?
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Why We're Not All Rich
Most savings/retirements accounts compound monthly, not annually.
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Retirement Account/Part 2
This is my first attempt at creating a simple Agent Based Simulation Model. Nothing fancy, just something that works.
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Your First ABM
Causal Loop Diagram Notation.
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Causal Loop Diagram Notation
The situation Big Box Distribution considers to be a problem is an average accounts receivable period which is considered unacceptable as it is costing them money.
Receivables/Situation
Two goal seeking structures attempting to resolve and based on the delay one may tend to settle for less. See also
Archetypes.
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Clone of Drifting Goals Archetype
A model to use for the basics of storytelling.
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Basic Storytelling
The process as currently understood for developing and managing the scripts associated with videos and webinars.
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Script Mgmt Process
Trying to understand the affect of loans on money in circulation.
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Loans Don't Create Money
WIP Ideas from Science
Special Issue May 2014
For explicit links between wealth and output see: webpage.
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The Science of Inequality
To this point components which are likely so support aspects of a virtual collaboration have been identified. The question now becomes how does one foster interactions between participants such that there is a definite possibility of producing meaningful results.
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Generative Interactions
A quick example for creating a simulation in Insight Maker.
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Your First Simulation
From reading Why
Politics Makes Us Stupid by Ezra Klein I though I had discovered a new archetype though it's really just a simple reinforcing structure, or so it seems.
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Politics Making Us Stupid
My first simulation model example.
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Demo Bathtub