1. Figures and Tables excerpted from Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World Chapter 9 Dynamics of Growth_ S Shape Growth John D. Sterman Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management
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BUSINESS DYNAMICS: SYSTEMS THINKING AND MODELING FOR A COMPLEX WORLD
John D. Sterman
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2. The logistic model
Figure 9-1 Top: The fractional growth rate declines linearly as population grows. Middle: The phase plot is an inverted parabola, symmetric about (P/C) = 0.5 Bottom: Population follows an S-shaped curve with inflection point at (P/C) =0.5; the net growth rate follows a bell-shaped curve with a maximum value of 0.25C per time period.
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3. Figure 9-2 The growth of sunflowers and the best fit logistic model
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4. Dynamics of epidemic disease
Influenza epidemic at an English boarding
school, January 22-February 3, 1978.
The data show the number of students
Confined to bed for influenza at any time
(the stock of symptomatic individuals).
Epidemic of plague, Bombay, India Data show the death rate (deaths/week).
Figure 9-3
Dynamics of epidemic disease
Sources: Top: British Medical Journal, 4 March 1978, p. 587; Bottom: Kermack and McKendrick (1927, p. 714). For further discussion of both cases, see Murray (1993).
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5. Structure of a simple model of an epidemic
Figure 9-4 Births, deaths, and migration are omitted so the total population is a constant, and people remain infectious indefinitely.
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6. Structure of the SIR epidemic model
IR=(ciS)(I/N) N is total population
N=S+I
Figure 9-5 People remain infectious (and sick) for a limited time, then recover and develop immunity.
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7. Figure 9-6 Simulation of an epidemic in the SIR model
Figure 9-6 Simulation of an epidemic in the SIR model. The total population is 10,000. The contact rate is 6 per person per day, infectivity is 0.25, and average duration of infectivity is 2 days. The initial infective population is 1, and all others are initially susceptible.
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8. Epidemic dynamics for different contact rates
Figure 9-7 The contact rate is noted on each curve; all other parameters are as in Figure 9-6.
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9. Figure 9-8 Dependence of the tipping point on the contact number and susceptible population
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10. Figure 9-9 Successive epidemic waves created by increasing contact rate
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11. Figure 9-10 Mad cow disease—the epidemic of BSE in the United Kingdom
Source: UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food.
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12. Quarter-Year Figure 9-11 Incidence and mortality of AIDS in the US
Source:: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Midyear 1997 edition, vol. 9 (no. 1), figure 6 and caption, p. 19.
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13. Figure 9-12 Prevalence of AIDS in the United States
Source:: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 1996, vol. 8 (no. 2), p. 1.
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14. Figure 9-13 Adoption of a new idea or product as an epidemic
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15. Figure 9-14 Sales of the Digital Equipment Corporation VAX 11/750 in Europe
Top: Sales rate (quarterly data at annual rates). Bottom: Cumulative sales (roughly equal to the installed base).
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16. Figure 9-15 Fitting the logistic model of innovation diffusion
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17. Figure 9-16 Fitting the logistic model to data for US cable TV subscribers
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18. Figure 9-17 Predicted cable subscribers differ greatly depending on the growth model used.
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19. Figure 9-18 The Bass diffusion model
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20. Figure 9-19 The Bass and logistic diffusion models compared to actual VAX sales
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21. Figure 9-20 Modeling product discard and replacement purchases
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22. Figure 9-21 Behavior of the Bass model with discards and repurchases
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23. Figure 9-22 Modeling repeat purchases
Figure Modeling repeat purchases. Total sales consist of initial and repeat purchases. Each potential adopter buys Initial Sales per Adopter units when they first adopt the product and continues to purchase at the rate of Average Consumption per Adopter thereafter.
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24. Figure 9-23 Behavior of the repeat purchase model
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