Journal Articles
Understanding Diabetes Population Dynamics Through Simulation Modeling and Experimentation, Andrew P. Jones MS, Jack B. Homer PhD, Dara L. Murphy MPH, Joyce D.K. Essien MD MBA, Bobby Milstein MPH and Donald A. Seville MS, March 2006, Vol 96, No. 3, American Journal of Public Health 488-494: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.063529. Available here.
Charting plausible futures for diabetes prevalence in the United States: a role for system dynamics simulation modeling. Milstein B, Jones A, Homer JB, Murphy D, Essien J, Seville D. Preventing Chronic Disease. July 2007. Available as html.
Resource Sustainability In Commodity Systems: The Sawmill Industry In The Northern Forest (pdf 208k), by Andrew Jones, Don Seville, and Donella Meadows
Papers
Diabetes
The CDC's Diabetes Systems Modeling Project: Developing a new tool for chronic disease prevention and control (240KB pdf), by J Homer, A Jones, D Seville, J Essien, B Milstein, and D Murphy (2004). Overview of model findings and background on the model-building process.
Diabetes Systems Model Reference Guide (158KB pdf), Homer, Jones and Seville (2004). Overview of model structure and assumptions.
System Dynamics and Systems Thinking Tools
Systems Thinking for Sustainability: A Decision-Support Approach for Electrical Utility Executives Addressing Climate Change (416KB pdf), by Andrew Jones (2005)
Action-to-Outcome Mapping: testing strategy with systems thinking (pdf 69k), by Andrew Jones and Don Seville, Systems Thinker Vol. 14, No. 2, March 2003.
Acting on Interdependence (pdf 69k), Systems Thinker Vol 18, No. 9, December 2007
Climate Change
Supporting Effective Participation in the Climate Change Debate: The Role of System Dynamics Simulation Modeling (pdf 62k), by Andrew Jones and Don Seville, 21 October, 2002.
Presentations and Podcasts
Acting on Interdependence: The Systems View, a talk delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, June 2007. Text pdf or mp3 podcast (20min).
Dana Meadows the Teacher - Unearthing our Visions and Driving Us Nuts. April 22, 2001. Html.
Climate Change Bathtub Simulation video. (8min)
Columns
The Christmas Tree Industry is One More Reason To Address Climate Change (2004)
When It Hurts So Good: How WNC Could Benefit Economically From Tackling Air Quality (2003)
We Can't Afford to "Wait and See" on Climate Change (2002)
The Trouble with Attractiveness - Raising Quality of Life Amidst Complex Urban Systems (2001)
Declare War on Escalation (2001)
Exercises
Exercises on Systems Thinking as Applied to Public Health, for the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association. pdf
Online Simulations
The Climate Bathtub Simulation. Linked here.