Credit hours
In-class work per week |
Practice per week |
Credits |
Duration |
Total |
28 |
2 |
4 |
2 weeks |
60 hours |
Instructor
Flavio Augusto Portela Santos
Objective
This course introduces you to system dynamics modeling for the analysis of business policy and strategy. Students will learn to visualize a business organization in terms of the structures and policies that create dynamics and regulate performance. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence will be discussed as well. Emphasis will be given to Animal Production.
Content
Introduction and Overview: Tools and concepts of the system dynamics approach, System Dynamics Tools Part 1: Reference Modes and Mapping, System Dynamics Tools Part 2: Building Theory with Causal loop Diagrams, System Dynamics Tools Part 3: Mapping the Stock and Flow structure of business and other systems, System Dynamics Tools Part 4: Dynamics of stocks and flows, System Dynamics Tools Part 5: Linking feedback with stock and flow structure, System Dynamics Tools Part 6: Linking feedback with stock and flow structure (continued), Non-Linear Systems and Modeling Growth Processes, Growth Strategies Part 1: Modeling Innovation Diffusion and the Growth of New Products, Growth Strategies Part 2: Modeling the diffusion of new medical technologies, Growth Strategies Part 3: Positive Feedbacks in the economy, path dependence, and the engines of growth.
Bibliography
Sterman, J. (2000). Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World. Irwin/McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-231135-5
Tedeschi, L. O. 2019. ASN-ASAS SYMPOSIUM: FUTURE OF DATA ANALYTICS IN NUTRITION: Mathematical modeling in ruminant nutrition: approaches and paradigms, extant models, and thoughts for upcoming predictive analytics. J. Anim. Sci. 97 (5):1321-1944. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz092
Tedeschi, L. O., and D. G. Fox. 2020. The Ruminant Nutrition System: Volume I - An Applied Model for Predicting Nutrient Requirements and Feed Utilization in Ruminants. (3rd ed.). XanEdu, Ann Arbor, MI.
Tedeschi, L. O., and D. G. Fox. 2020. The Ruminant Nutrition System: Volume II - Tables of Equations and Coding. XanEdu, Ann Arbor, MI.