1. Pål Davidsen

  2. Ernst Diehl

  3. Tom Fiddaman

  4. Andy Ford

  5. Jay W. Forrester

  6. Michael Goodman

  7. Jim Hines

  8. Jack Homer

  9. Craig Kirkwood

  10. David Lane

  11. Jim Lyneis

  12. Ali Mashayekhi

  13. Dennis Meadows

System Dynamics Resources

Resource Categories:

  1. System Dynamics Society

  2. Academic Centers & Education Projects

  3. Software for Simulation


  1. Training

  2. Organizations, Companies and People

  3. Additional Sources

Software for Simulation:


  1. System dynamics software overview

  2. Vensim

        System dynamics simulation software from Ventana Systems

  1. Vensim Personal Learning Edition

        Free limited edition of Vensim

  1. Vensim Model Reader

        Free software to run sealed Vensim models

  1. STELLA and iThink

        Simulation software from High Performance Systems

  1. Powersim

        Simulation software from Powersim Corporation

  1. Extend

        Simulation language for both continuous- and discreet-time modeling from ImagineThat!

  1. ModelMaker

        Modeling tools from ModelKinetix

  1. Enterprise Optimizer

        Mixed integer programming software from River Logic

  1. Mathematica

        General-purpose mathematical software from Wolfram

  1. Beer Game Simulator

        A self-contained application that illustrates lessons from the beer game

  1. Purchase Beer Game Materials


Additional Sources:


  1. MIT Roadmaps Materials

        A self-study course available for download

  1. Introduction to System Dynamics

        Mike Radzicki’s introduction for U.S. Department of Energy

  1. An Introduction to System Dynamics

        An introduction with links from the M.I.T. System Dynamics in Education Project

  1. Business Dynamics by John Sterman

        A recent, serious introduction to system dynamics

  1. M.I.T. Theses

        Access to dissertations completed at M.I.T.

  1. System Dynamics Megalist

  2. Gene Bellinger's systems site

  3. System Dynamics Resource Page, Arizona State University