Submissions from 2022
A New Agent-Based Model Offers Insight into Population-Wide Adoption of Prosocial Common-Pool Behavior, Garry Sotnik, Thaddeus Shannon, and Wayne Wakeland
Reconstructability Analysis: Discrete Multivariate Modeling, Martin Zwick
Reducing Opioid use Disorder and Overdose Deaths in the United States: A Dynamic Modeling Analysis, Erin J. Stringfellow, Tse Yang Lim, Keith Humphreys, Catherine DiGennero, Celia Stafford, Elizabeth Beaulieu, Jack Homer, Wayne Wakeland, and multiple addional authors
Submissions from 2021
Graphical Models in Reconstructability Analysis and Bayesian Networks, Marcus Harris and Martin Zwick
Occam Manual, Martin Zwick
Polymorphism and Polysemy in Images of the Sefirot, Martin Zwick
Rosenstock-Huessy’s “Cross of Reality” and Systems Theory, Martin Zwick
Universal Biological Motions for Educational Robot Theatre and Games, Rajesh Venkatachalapathy, Martin Zwick, Adam Slowik, Kai Brooks, Mikhail Mayers, Roman Minko, Tyler Hull, Bliss Brass, and Marek Perkowski
Using Information Theory to Extract Patterns from Categorical Raster Data, David Percy
Validation of a Spatial Agent-Based Model for Taenia Solium Transmission (“cystiagent”) Against a Large Prospective Trial of Control Strategies in Northern Peru, Ian W. Pray, Francesco Pizzitutti, Gabrielle Bonnet, Eloy Gonzalez-Gustavson, Wayne Wakeland, William K. Pan, William E. Lambert, Armando E. Gonzalez, Hector H. Garcia, and Seth E. O’Neal
Submissions from 2020
Addressing Parameter Uncertainty in SD Models with Fit-to-history and Monte-Carlo Sensitivity Methods, Wayne Wakeland and Jack Homer
A Dynamic Model of the Opioid Drug Epidemic with Implications for Policy, Jack Homer and Wayne W. Wakeland
Diverse Autonomic Nervous System Stress Response Patterns in Childhood Sensory Modulation, Jacquelyn Christensen, Heather Wild, Erin S. Kenzie, Wayne Wakeland, Deborah Budding, and Connie Lillas
Hypergraph Analysis of Structure Models, Cliff A. Joslyn, Teresa D. Schmidt, and Martin Zwick
Joint Lattice of Reconstructability Analysis and Bayesian Network General Graphs, Marcus Harris and Martin Zwick
Reconstructability Analysis & Its Occam Implementation, Martin Zwick
Sensitivity Analysis of an Agent-Based Simulation Model Using Reconstructability Analysis, Andey M. Nunes, Martin Zwick, and Wayne Wakeland
Understanding Transmission and Control of the Pork Tapeworm with CystiAgent: A Spatially Explicit Agent‑Based Model, Ian W. Pray, Wayne Wakeland, William Pan, William E. Lambert, Hector H. Garcia, Armando E. Gonzalez, Seth E. O'Neal, and Cysticercosis Working Group Peru
Words and Diagrams about Rosenzweig's Star, Martin Zwick
Submissions from 2019
A Computational Model for Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury, Wayne Wakeland and Erin S. Kenzie
A Systems Thinking Approach for Eliciting Mental Models from Visual Boundary Objects in Hydropolitical Contexts: a Case Study from the Pilcomayo River Basin, Riveraine S. Walters, Erin S. Kenzie, Alexander E. Metzger, William Jesse Baltutis, Kakali B. Chakrabarti, Shana Lee Hirsch, and Bethany Laursen
Improved Drought Resilience Through Continuous Water Service Monitoring and Specialized Institutions—A Longitudinal Analysis of Water Service Delivery Across Motorized Boreholes in Northern Kenya, Nick Turman-Bryant, Corey L. Nagel, Lauren Stover, Christian Muragijimana, and Evan A. Thomas
Optimal Energy Resource Mix for the US and China to Meet Emissions Pledges, John G. Anasis, M. A. K. Khalil, Christopher L. Butenhoff, Randall Bluffstone, and George G. Lendaris
Seasonal Patterns in Risk Factors for Taenia Solium Transmission: a GPS Tracking Study of Pigs and Open Human Defecation in Northern Peru, Ian W. Pray, Claudio Muro, Ricardo Gamboa, Percy Vilchez, Wayne Wakeland, William Pan, William E. Lambert, and multiple additional authors
System Dynamics to Investigate Opioid Use and Chiropractic Care for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Marion McGregor, Alexandra Nielsen, Chadwick Chung, Mark Fillery, Wayne Wakeland, and Silvano Mior
Submissions from 2018
Beyond Spatial Autocorrelation: A Novel Approach Using Reconstructability Analysis, David Percy and Martin Zwick
Enhancing Value-Based Healthcare with Reconstructability Analysis: Predicting Cost of Care in Total Hip Replacement, Cecily Corrine Froemke and Martin Zwick
Exploratory Reconstructability Analysis of Accident TBI Data, Martin Zwick, Nancy Ann Carney, and Rosemary Nettleton
Ideas and Graphs: the Tetrad of Activity, Martin Zwick
Ideas and Graphs: The Tetrad of Activity, Martin Zwick
Introduction to Reconstructability Analysis, Martin Zwick
Keyword-Based Patent Citation Prediction Via Information Theory, Farshad Madani, Martin Zwick, and Tugrul U. Daim
Opioid-Prescribing Continuity and Risky Opioid Prescriptions, Sara E. Hallvik, Peter Geissert, Wayne Wakeland, Christi Hildebran, Jody Carson, Nicole O'Kane, and Richard A. Deyo
Preliminary Results of Bayesian Networks and Reconstructability Analysis Applied to the Electric Grid, Marcus Harris and Martin Zwick
Reconstructability & Dynamics of Elementary Cellular Automata, Martin Zwick
Reflections on Teaching System Dynamics Modeling to Secondary School Students for over 20 Years, Diana Fisher
Statistical Analysis of Network Change, Teresa D. Schmidt and Martin Zwick
Teen Driver System Modeling: a Tool for Policy Analysis, Celestin Missikpode, Corrine Peek-Asa, Daniel V. McGehee, James Torner, Wayne Wakeland, and Robert Wallace
The Dynamics of Concussion: Mapping Pathophysiology, Persistence, and Recovery with Causal-loop Diagramming, Erin S. Kenzie; Elle L. Parks; Erin D. Bigler; David W, Wright; Miranda M. Lim; James C. Chesnutt; Gregory W.J. Hawryluk; Wayne Gordon; and Wayne Wakeland
Use of Prescription Opioids Before and After an Operation for Chronic Pain (Lumbar Fusion Surgery), Richard A. Deyo, Sara E. Hallvik, Christi Hildebran, Miguel Marino, Nicole O'Kane, Jody Carson, Joshua Van Otterloo, Dagan A. Wright, Lisa M. Millet, and Wayne Wakeland
Submissions from 2017
An Analysis of the Optimal Mix of Global Energy Resources and the Potential Need for Geoengineering Using the CEAGOM Model, John George Anasis, M. A. K. Khalil, George G. Lendaris, Christopher L. Butenhoff, and Randall Bluffstone
Association of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use with Opioid Prescribing and Health Outcomes: a Comparison of Program Users and Non-Users, Richard A. Deyo, Jody Hallvik, Christi Hildebran, Miguel Marino, Rachel Springer, Jessica M. Irvine, Nicole O'Kane, Joshua Van Otterloo, Dagan A. Wright, Gillian Leichtling, Lisa M. Millet, Jody Carson, and Wayne Wakeland
Concussion As a Multi-Scale Complex System: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis of Current Knowledge, Erin S. Kenzie, Elle L. Parks, Erin D. Bigler, Miranda M. Lim, James C. Chesnutt, and Wayne Wakeland
Formalizing the Panarchy Adaptive Cycle with the Cusp Catastrophe, Martin Zwick and Joshua Hughes
Formalizing the Panarchy Adaptive Cycle with the Cusp Catastrophe [Presentation], Martin Zwick and Joshua Hughes
Genuine Progress Indicator 2.0: Pilot Accounts for the US, Maryland, and City of Baltimore 2012-2014, John Talberth and Michael Weisdorf
High-Risk Prescribing and Opioid Overdose: Prospects for Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Based Proactive Alerts, Peter Geissert, Jody Hallvik, Joshua Van Otterloo, Nicole O'Kane, Lindsey Alley, Jody Carson, Gillian Leichtling, Christi Hildebran, Wayne Wakeland, Richard A. Deyo, and Dennis McCarty
Ideas & Graphs, Martin Zwick
Mining Data on Traumatic Brain Injury with Reconstructability Analysis, Martin Zwick, Nancy Carney, and Rosemary Nettleton
Predicting Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Knee Replacement Surgery with Reconstructability Analysis, Cecily Corrine Froemke and Martin Zwick
Restrictive Versus Liberal Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy After Hip Surgery: A Decision Model Analysis of Healthcare Costs, Mario V. Fusaro, Nathan D. Nielsen, Alexandra Nielsen, Magali J. Fontaine, John R. Hess, Robert M. Reed, Sylvain DeLisle, and Giora Netzer
Submissions from 2016
Assessing Productive Efficiency and Operating Scale of Community Blood Centers, Alexandra E. Nielsen and Nathan D. Nielsen
Chiropractic Care in a System Dynamics Model for Minimizing Opioid Abuse for Chronic Non-Malignant Pain Patients, Marion McGregor, Alexandra Nielsen, Chadwick Chung, Mark Fillery, Wayne W. Wakeland, and Silvano Mior
Dynamics of Prebiotic RNA Reproduction Illuminated by Chemical Game Theory, Jessica Anne Mellor Yeates, Christian Hilbe, Martin Zwick, Martin. A. Nowak, and Niles Lehman
Exploratory Modeling of TBI Data, Martin Zwick, Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner, Sadie Carney, Maya Balamane, Tracie Nettleton, and D. Wright
Generating Technology Development Paths to the Desired Future Through System Dynamics Modeling and Simulation, Hongyi Chen, Jiang Yu, and Wayne Wakeland
Secondary Analysis of Concussion Data, Martin Zwick, Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner, Nancy Carney, Maya Balamane, Tracie Nettleton, and D. Wright
Using Systems Methods to Create a Dynamic Model of Concussion Recovery, Elle L. Parks, Erin S. Kenzie, and Wayne W. Wakeland
Submissions from 2015
A Systems Approach to Stress, Stressors and Resilience in Humans, Barry S. Oken, Irina Chamine, and Wayne W. Wakeland
Constructing a Dynamic Model of Concussion, Erin S. Kenzie, Elle L. Parks, and Wayne W. Wakeland
Dynamic Model of Nonmedical Opioid Use Trajectories and Potential Policy Interventions, Wayne W. Wakeland, Alexandra Nielsen, and Peter Geissert
Exploratory Data Modeling of Traumatic Brain Injury, Martin Zwick
Freedom as a Natural Phenomenon, Martin Zwick
Key Data Gaps Regarding the Public Health Issues Associated with Opioid Analgesics, Teresa Schmidt, J. David Haddox, Alexandra E. Nielsen, Wayne W. Wakeland, and John Fitzgerald
Mind and Life: Is the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature False?, Martin Zwick
Prediction -- The Quintessential Policy Model Validation Test, Wayne Wakeland
Submissions from 2014
Data Sources Regarding the Nonmedical Use of Pharmaceutical Opioids in the United States, Teresa D. Schmidt, Amanuel Zimam, Alexandra Nielsen, and Wayne Wakeland
Four Decades of Systems Science Teaching and Research in the USA at Portland State University, Wayne Wakeland
Levels of Altruism, Martin Zwick and Jeffrey Alan Fletcher
Systems Theory and the Metaphysics of Composition, Martin Zwick
Submissions from 2013
Daily Temperature Fluctuations Unpredictably Influence Developmental Rate and Morphology at a Critical Early Larval Stage in a Frog, Juliana M. Arrighi, Ezra S. Lencer, Advait Jukar, Daesik Park, Patrick C. Phillips, and Robert H. Kaplan
Data on the Diversion, Nonmedical Use and Adverse Outcomes Associated with Pharmaceutical Opioids, Amanuel Zimam, Teresa D. Schmidt, Alexandra Nielsen, and Wayne W. Wakeland
Dynamic Modeling of Nonmedical Opioid Initiation: Epidemic and Access, Alexandra Nielsen, Teresa D. Schmidt, Dennis McCarty, and Wayne W. Wakeland
Integrating Economics and System Dynamics Approaches for Modeling an Ecological-Economic System, Takuro Uehara, Yoko Nagase, and Wayne Wakeland
Is the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature False?, Martin Zwick
Modeling Opioid Addiction Treatment Policies Using System Dynamics, Wayne Wakeland and Alexandra Nielsen
Modeling the Impact of Simulated Educational Interventions on the Use and Abuse of Pharmaceutical Opioids in the United States: A Report on Initial Efforts, Wayne Wakeland, Alexandra E. Nielsen, Teresa D. Schmidt, Dennis McCarty, Lynn Webster, John Fitzgerald, and J. David Haddox
Simulating Health Policy Interventions to Reduce Nonmedical Use of Pharmaceutical Opioids, Alexandra E. Nielsen, Wayne W. Wakeland, and Teresa Schmidt
Submissions from 2012
A Proposal For Indicating Quality Of Generalization When Evaluating Anns, George G. Lendaris
Complexity Theory & Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street, Martin Zwick
Complexity Theory & Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street [Presentation], Martin Zwick
Freedom as a Natural Phenomenon, Martin Zwick
Measuring the Longitudinal Effects of Food Carbon Footprint Training on Consumers: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions, Robin Wikoff, Gretchen N. Rainbolt, and Wayne Wakeland
Reconstructability of Epistatic Functions, Martin Zwick, Joe Fusion, and Beth Wilmot
Spatio-Temporal Differentiation and Sociality in Spiders, Jessica Purcell, João Vasconcellos-Neto, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher, Marcelo O. Gonzaga, and Leticia Avilés
System Dynamics Implementation of a Model of Population and Resource Dynamics with Adaptation, Takuro Uehara, Yoko Nagase, and Wayne Wakeland
System Dynamics Modeling of Medical Use, Nonmedical Use and Diversion of Prescription Opioid Analgesics, Wayne Wakeland, Alexandra Nielsen, and Teresa D. Schmidt
Using System Dynamics to Contribute to Ecological Economics, Takuro Uehara, Yoko Nagase, and Wayne Wakeland
Submissions from 2011
A System Dynamics Model of Pharmaceutical Opioids: Medical Use, Diversion, and Nonmedical Use, Teresa Schmidt, Wayne Wakeland, and J. David Haddox
Calibration of Complex System Dynamics Models: A Practioner's Report, Rod Walker and Wayne Wakeland
Explorations on System Identification via Higher-Level Application of Adaptive-Critic Approximate Dynamic Programming, Joshua G. Hughes and George G. Lendaris
Higher-level Application of Adaptive Dynamic Programming/Reinforcement Learning - A Next Phase for Controls and System Iidentification?, George G. Lendaris
Levels of Altruism, Martin Zwick and Jeffrey Alan Fletcher
Submissions from 2010
Comparing Discrete Simulation and System Dynamics: Modeling an Anti-Insurgency Influence Operation, Wayne Wakeland and Una E. Medina
Key Data Gaps for Understanding Trends in Prescription Opioid Analgesic Abuse and Diversion Among Chronic Pain Patients and Nonmedical Users, Wayne W. Wakeland, John Fitzgerald, Aaron Gilson, J. David Haddox, Jack Homer, Lewis Lee, Louis Macovsky, Dennis McCarty, Teresa D. Schmidt, and Lynn Webster
Reconstructability Analysis As A Tool For Identifying Gene-Gene Interactions In Studies Of Human Diseases, Stephen Shervais, Patricia L. Kramer, Shawn K. Westaway, Nancy J. Cox, and Martin Zwick
Reconstructability Analysis of Epistasis, Martin Zwick
System Dynamics Implementation of an Extended Brander and Taylor-like Easter Island Model, Takuro Uehara, Yoko Nagase, and Wayne Wakeland
Theories and Models of the Evolution of Altruism Unification vs. Unique Explanations, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher