Khalid Saeed is a professor of economics and system dynamics in the Social Science and Policy Studies department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he served as department head and developed new programs in economics, psychology and system dynamics. He earned a PhD in System Dynamics and Economic Development from MIT and is a past-president of the System Dynamics Society.
Transcript: http://bit.ly/SD-cast-Ep5-Transcript
I would like to thank Prof. Saeed for his continuous and longtime support of SD Club activities by presenting in and attending Collective Learning Meetings (CLMs) when he can. Below are links to his papers and book (which we referenced in the interview).
Slicing Complex Problems paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.4260080305
Slicing Complex Problems video: https://youtu.be/ht3VhcgzWBo
“Cancer as a System Dysfunction” paper: https://doi.org/10.3390/systems9010014
“Why Forrester Wished to Replace Both Differential Equations and Economics?”:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3692759
“Jay Forrester's operational approach to economics” paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.1525
“Connecting Feedback Map with Computable Model” video: https://youtu.be/mpgSjnPhhRU
Development Planning and Policy Design: A System Dynamics Approach
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GVRQTD2/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_2SZ98VB8PQGEQYZAC7GM
Now, as with the custom of SD-cast, here is a poem I wrote about Prof. Saeed:
Prof. Khalid Saeed
Is a Forrester award recipient
Advised Raafat's PhD on dissent
Has an good sense of humor
Models cancer as a system dysfunction (no tumors!)
Call him for advice on sustainable development
Economics, system dynamics or just to vent
He studied at MIT--the birthplace of SD
Brown bag lunches and table functions
Are where they talked of designing policy,
Feedback, stock-flow and DYNAMO
At WPI, our meetings have been online and free
To be inclusive so people worldwide can see
Or listen to our thoughts on modeling methodology
He documents his thoughts for scientific practice and for history
So others will know about the systems thinking and SD split
Same tools used to different extents. How can we rectify it?
Focus on slicing the problem into pieces?
Test the structure in equilibrium
For any unexpected increases or decreases?
"Keep calm and check DT" says Tim
Who models the dynamics of insurgencies and conflicts
Like his advisor who modeled farmers, soldiers and bandits
To understand what will help tensions cease
And create conditions for world peace
“Farmers, bandits and soldiers: a generic system for addressing peace agendas” paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.1507
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Music:
“Limelight” by Podington Bear is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. I cut and moved the music track to fit the intro and ending.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington
