A Data Driven Tool supported CLD Creation Approach


Autoria(s): Drobek, Marc; Gilani, Wasif; Soban, Danielle
Data(s)

01/07/2014

Resumo

The creation of Causal Loop Diagrams (CLDs) is a major phase in the System Dynamics (SD) life-cycle, since the created CLDs express dependencies and feedback in the system under study, as well as, guide modellers in building meaningful simulation models. The cre-ation of CLDs is still subject to the modeller's domain expertise (mental model) and her ability to abstract the system, because of the strong de-pendency on semantic knowledge. Since the beginning of SD, available system data sources (written and numerical models) have always been sparsely available, very limited and imperfect and thus of little benefit to the whole modelling process. However, in recent years, we have seen an explosion in generated data, especially in all business related domains that are analysed via Business Dynamics (BD). In this paper, we intro-duce a systematic tool supported CLD creation approach, which analyses and utilises available disparate data sources within the business domain. We demonstrate the application of our methodology on a given business use-case and evaluate the resulting CLD. Finally, we propose directions for future research to further push the automation in the CLD creation and increase confidence in the generated CLDs.

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http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/a-data-driven-tool-supported-cld-creation-approach(fe2a609c-40b0-4310-a617-4e8d48d71057).html

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eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Drobek , M , Gilani , W & Soban , D 2014 , ' A Data Driven Tool supported CLD Creation Approach ' Paper presented at 32nd International Conference of the Systems Dynamics Society , Delft , Netherlands , 20/07/2014 - 24/07/2014 , .

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conferenceObject