System Dynamics

One of the great things about System Dynamics software, such as VenSim, is the GUI, which allows you to see your model and all its connections as you are constructing it. However, the PLE version of VenSim is limited and one possibility is to write one’s own SD code with custom features. This is also a fun programming exercise. Initially I am willing to sacrifice real-time visual feedback in return for flexibility, but when I later want to visualize my model I would like some graphical output....

In July our paper “System Dynamics models for improved power plant operation” was presented at ICOSC 2013 (The Fourth International Conference on Optimization, Simulation and Control) in Ulaanbaatar by our colleague and friend Bayasgalan Zagdkhorol of Mongolian University of Science & Technology (MUST). The abstract, which shows some of our early results, can be found here. Thank you, Zagdaa, for representing us and our work! Model of power generation grid including naive load model, coal, solar, wind and hydroelectric power sources....