Publications and Working Papers
The faculty of the MIT System Dynamics group research how modeling and simulations can be applied to business, economics, decision decision-making, organizational sciences, policy-making and legislation, social sciences, and system sciences. Below are samples of their research.
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There's Got to Be a Better Way: How to Deliver Results and Get Rid of the Stuff That Gets in the Way of Real Work.
Repenning, Nelson P. and Donald C. Kieffer. Basic Venture, Forthcoming.
"How Social Influence Shapes Collective Intelligence in Binary Choices: Reconciling Disparate Findings with a Mathematical Model."
Topic: Behavioral Science
Yang, Vicky Chuqiao and Levi Grenier, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7181-24. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, December 2024.
Keywords: Collective Intelligence, Mathematical Model, System Dynamics, Human Participant Experiments
"Inter-city Firm Connections and the Scaling of Urban Economic Indicators."
Yang, Vicky Chuqiao, Jacob J. Jackson, and Christopher P. Kempes. PNAS Nexus Vol. 3, No. 11 (2024). SSRN.
"Efficacy of a Standardized Process in Optimizing Appropriate Use of Progressive Care Unit Beds in a Tertiary Care Facility."
Stempek, Susan B., Michael S. Rosenblatt, Nelson Repenning, John D. Sterman, Janice R. Morrissette, Susan E. Flanagan, Lindsey Sallese, Yuxiu Lei, and Timothy N. Liesching. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing Vol. 43, No. 5 (2024): 259-265.
"Regulatory Functions from Cells to Society."
Topic: Data
Yang, Vicky Chuqiao, Christopher P. Kempes, S. Redner, Geoffrey B. West, and Hyejin Youn, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7179-24. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, September 2024. arXiv Preprint.
Keywords: Complex Systems, Scaling Laws, Administrative Burden
"What Leads to Administrative Bloat? Modeling the Dynamics of Administrative Cost and Waste."
Topic: Behavioral Science
Yang, Vicky Chuqiao and Levi Grenier, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7180-24. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, May 2024.
Keywords: Administrative Bloat, Bureaucracy, System Dynamics, Theoratical Model
"Market Expansion through Online-buying to Store-pickup (O2S): Implications for End-to-end Supply Chain Strategy."
Phadnis, Shardul S., and Charles Fine. International Journal of Production Economics Vol. 269, (2024): 109155. SSRN Preprint.
"How Does Network Structure Impact Socially Reinforced Diffusion?"
Sassine, Jad Georges, and Hazhir Rahmandad. Organization Science Vol. 35, No. 1 (2024): 52-70.
Wiring the Winning Organization.
Kim, Gene and Steven J. Spear. IT Revolution Press, 2023.
"How Do Employer Practices Affect Economic Mobility?"
Kelly, Erin L., Hazhir Rahmandad, Nathan Wilmers, and Aishwara Yadama. ILR Review Vol. 76, No. 5 (2023): 792-832.
"Accelerating Vehicle Fleet Turnover to Achieve Sustainable Mobility Goals."
Naumov, Sergey, David R. Keith, and John D. Sterman. Journal of Operations Management Vol. 69, No. 1 (2023): 36-66. Download Paper.
"A Management Flight Simulator to Catalyze Learning About Complex Projects."
Gozluklu, Burak, and John D. Sterman. Research Handbook on Complex Project Organizing (2023): 375-382.
"Delays Impair Learning and Can Drive Convergence to Inefficient Strategies."
Rahmandad, Hazhir, and Michael Shayne Gary. Organization Science Vol. 34, No. 6 (2023): 2392-2414. Download Paper. Supplemental Materials.
"System Dynamics to Understand and Improve the Performance of Complex Projects."
Gozluklu, Burak, and John D. Sterman. Research Handbook on Complex Project Organizing (2023): 70-77. Download Paper.
"Why Similar Policies Resulted In Different COVID-19 Outcomes: How Responsiveness And Culture Influenced Mortality Rate."
Lim, Tse Yang, Ran Xu, Nick Ruktanonchai, Omar Saucedo, Lauren M. Childs, Mohammad S. Jalali, Hazhir Rahmandad, and Navid Ghaffarzadegan. HealthAffairs Vol. 42, No. 12 (2023): 1637-1646.