Published
simulation models:
Examples from various disciplines
Except for those marked with an asterisk, all papers listed below are on reserve in Kettering in 3-ring binders (full references for these papers are listed at the bottom of this page). There is also a section in the binder of papers dealing with "systems thinking". You can take the entire notebook out as a reserve reading. The two binders are duplicates that contain identical sets of papers. Copy as you wish, but please keep the papers in alphabetical order!
Education
(Mandinach and Cline 1992)*
Used models to teach systems thinking in grammar and high schools
(Hopkins 1992)*
High school English class
STELLA used to model changing psychological motivations of Hamlet
(Niedderer et al. 1991)*
Used for teaching high school physics
Models increased conceptual reasoning on lab problems
(Blankenship et al. 1994)*
Used to teach Rescola-Wagner model of learning to undergraduate psychology
Used to critique explanations of complex phenomena
Anthropology
(Colding 1998)
Psychology
(Hopkins 1992)*
High school English class
Used to model changing psychological motivations of Hamlet
(Blankenship et al. 1995)
Simulated dynamics of "action theory" model
Modeling used as educational tool for teaching model
(Blankenship et al. 1994)*
Used to teach Rescola-Wagner model of learning to undergraduate psychology
Used to critique explanations of complex phenomena
Environmental management/decision making
(Costanza and Ruth 1998)
Discusses and provides examples of how dynamic simulation models can be used to "collect and organize data, synthesize knowledge, and build consensus about the management of complex systems". Examples cover "industrial systems (mining, smelting, and refining of iron and steel in the United Stales) to ecosystems (Louisiana coastal wetlands, and Fynbos ecosystems in South Africa) to linked ecological economic systems".
(van den Belt et al. 1998)
Example of how model development can be used by communities to help build consensus regarding resource use decisions.
Ecological economics
(Woodwell 1998)
Model illustrates feedbacks between economic growth and resource depletion.
(Baker et al. 1990)
Examines the economics and efficiency of using a constructed wetland to treat polluted water draining from a coal mine.
Organismal biology and physiology
(Atkinson 1992)
Model examines the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae (symbiotic fungi that live within roots) on root development.
(Narayana et al. 1997)
Model of blood flow through various organ systems of body.
Population and community ecology
(Gurney and Lawton 1996)
A model that examines alternate population dynamics of "ecosystem engineers" – organisms that modify their own environments.
Systems ecology – regional scale
(Billen and Garnier 1997)
Examines how changing nutrient concentrations associated with changes in land use effect coastal aquatic ecosystems
(Najarian and Harleman 1977)
Model of nitrogen cycle in an estuary.
(Keisman 1991)
A model of carbon dynamics in a coastal ecosystem produced by an undergraduate summer student intern. Not a bad model of one possible type of project.
(Madden and Kemp 1996)
Model examines growth of submerged aquatic plant community in response to nutrient addition.
Provides good example of "multiplicative" form of Michaelis-Menton equation for multiply limited growth.
(Jørgensen and Mejer 1979)
Evaluates how the degree of complexity of a model influences its dynamics
Global change, global biogeochemistry
(Bengtsson 1997)
Models the effects of changing concentrations of greenhouse gasses on global temperature
(Jordan and Weller 1996)
A "box" type model of global nitrogen flow on land. (Box models estimate average flows rather than focussing on system dynamics).
Ecological engineering
(Woods et al. 1999)
A model to evaluate economic viability of phosphorous recovery in municipal wastewater treatment facilities.
(Todd and Josephson 1994)
Not a paper on simulation models per se, but discusses living machine technology (useful if you are interested in constructing a model of living machines).
(Baker et al. 1990)
Examines the economics and efficiency of using a constructed wetland to treat polluted water draining from a coal mine.
Full references for literature cited above:
Atkinson, D. 1992. Tree root development: the role of models in understanding the consequences of arbuscular endomycorrhizal infection. Agronomie 12:817-820.
Baker, K. A., M. S. Fennessy and W. J. Mitsch. 1990. Designing wetlands for controlling coal mine drainage: an ecologic-economic modelling approach. Ecological Economics 3:1-24.
Bengtsson, L. 1997. A numerical simulation of anthropogenic climate change. Ambio 26:58-65.
Billen, G. and J. Garnier. 1997. The Phison River plume: coastal eutrophication in response to changes in land use and water management in the watershed. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 13:3-17.
Blankenship, V., S. S. Schorie, A. J. Shw and J. Tumlinson. 1994. Teaching the Rescorla-Wagner model using STELLA-II. Behavior Research Methods Instruments & Computers 26:128-133.
Blankenship, V., J. Tumlinson and M. A. Sims. 1995. A STELLA-II teaching simulation of the dynamics of action model. Behavior Research Methods Instruments & Computers 27:244-250.
Colding, J. 1998. Analysis of hunting options by the use of general food taboos. Ecological Modelling 110:5-17.
Costanza, R. and M. Ruth. 1998. Using dynamic modeling to scope environmental problems and build consensus. Environmental Management 22:183-195.
Gurney, W. S. C. and J. H. Lawton. 1996. The population dynamics of ecosystem engineers. Oikos 76:273-283.
Hopkins, P. L. 1992. Simulating Hamlet in the classroom. System Dynamics Review 8:91-98.
Jordan, T. E. and D. E. Weller. 1996. Human contributions to terrestrial nitrogen flux. BioScience 46:657-664.
Jørgensen, S. E. and H. Mejer. 1979. A holistic approach to ecological modelling. Ecological Modeling 7:169-189.
Keisman, E. 1991. Carbon metabolism of a coastal marine ecosystem in relation to seasonal cycles of nitrogen and oxygen: preliminary experiments with a simulation model. Horn point environmental laboratory
Madden, C. J. and W. M. Kemp. 1996. Ecosystem model of an estuarine submersed plant community: Calibration and simulation of eutrophication responses. Estuaries 19:457-474.
Mandinach, E. B. and H. F. Cline. 1992. Systems, science, and schools. System Dynamics Review 9:152-206.
Najarian, T. O. and D. R. F. Harleman. 1977. Real time simulation of nitrogen cycle in an estuary. EE4:
Narayana, S., R. D. Hichwa, L. L. B. Ponto, R. R. Hurtig and G. L. Watkins. 1997. Construction of a whole body blood flow model for use in positron emission tomography imaging with [O-15]water. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics 25:539-568.
Niedderer, H., H. Schecker and T. Bethge. 1991. The role of computer-aided modelling in learning physics. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 7:84-95.
Todd, J. and B. Josephson. 1994. Living machines: theoretical foundations and design precepts. Annals of Earth 12:16-25.
van den Belt, m., L. Deutsch and A. Jansson. 1998. A consensus-based simulation model for management in the Patagonia coastal zone. Ecological Modelling 110:79-103.
Woods, N. C., S. M. Sock and G. T. Daigger. 1999. Phosphorous recovery technology modeling and feasibility evaluation for municipal wastewater treatment plants. Environmental Technology 20:663-679.
Woodwell, J. C. 1998. A simulation model to illustrate feedbacks among resource consumption, production, and factors of production in ecological-economic systems. Ecological Modelling 112:227-247.