“What is your SDory, Khalid Saeed?”

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-TranscriptI 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.4260080305Slicing 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/mpgSjnPhhRUDevelopment Planning and Policy Design: A System Dynamics Approachhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GVRQTD2/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_2SZ98VB8PQGEQYZAC7GMNow, as with the custom of SD-cast, here is a poem I wrote about Prof. Saeed:Prof. Khalid SaeedIs a Forrester award recipientAdvised Raafat's PhD on dissentHas an good sense of humorModels cancer as a system dysfunction (no tumors!)Call him for advice on sustainable developmentEconomics, system dynamics or just to ventHe studied at MIT--the birthplace of SDBrown bag lunches and table functionsAre where they talked of designing policy,Feedback, stock-flow and DYNAMOAt WPI, our meetings have been online and freeTo be inclusive so people worldwide can seeOr listen to our thoughts on modeling methodology He documents his thoughts for scientific practice and for historySo others will know about the systems thinking and SD splitSame tools used to different extents. How can we rectify it?Focus on slicing the problem into pieces? Test the structure in equilibriumFor any unexpected increases or decreases?"Keep calm and check DT" says TimWho models the dynamics of insurgencies and conflictsLike his advisor who modeled farmers, soldiers and banditsTo understand what will help tensions ceaseAnd create conditions for world peace“Farmers, bandits and soldiers: a generic system for addressing peace agendas” paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.1507WPI SD Social Media accounts:https://twitter.com/WPISDclubhttps://www.linkedin.com/groups/1916314/Sign up for the WPI System Dynamics Club mailing list: https://bit.ly/WPIsdMailFormMusic:“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