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A computational literature review of the field of System Dynamics from 1974 to 2017

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Kunc, Martin, Mortenson, Michael J. and Vidgen, Richard (2018) A computational literature review of the field of System Dynamics from 1974 to 2017. Journal of Simulation, 12 (2). pp. 115-127. doi:10.1080/17477778.2018.1468950 ISSN 1747-7786.

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Abstract

System Dynamics celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2017. While there have been numerous special issues in diverse journals that bring together work by System Dynamics scholars who share similar research interests, there have been no systematic reviews of scholarly activity across the broad field. This paper presents a computational literature review of the field from 1974 to 2017. A CLR automates the analysis of research articles with analysis of content (topic modelling of abstracts) to identify emergent themes in the literature. We performed a broad review of the field by initially searching using the term “System Dynamics” with more than 8000 articles. However, the results obtained were not satisfactory so we decided to restrict our sample to less than 800 articles from recognised journals and proceedings. After evaluation of the results obtained from topic modelling, we decided to use 51 topics covering most of the articles in our sample. A list of 51 topics provides enough granularity to identify relevant patterns of activity within the community of System Dynamics scholars. For each of these 51 topics, we present a commentary on the key insights obtained.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Simulation methods -- History, Mathematical models -- History
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Simulation
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
ISSN: 1747-7786
Official Date: 15 May 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
15 May 2018Published
20 April 2018Accepted
Volume: 12
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 115-127
DOI: 10.1080/17477778.2018.1468950
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 23 May 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 15 May 2019

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