Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10140628 | Journal of Environmental Management | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
In recent years, water resources management has become more complicated and controversial due to the impacts of various factors affecting hydrological systems. System Dynamics (SD) has in turn become increasingly popular due to its advantages as a tool for dealing with such complex systems. However, SD also has some limitations. This review contains a comprehensive survey of the existing literature on SD as a potential method to deal with the complexity of system integrated modeling, with a particular focus on the application of SD to the integrated modeling of water resources systems. It discusses the limitations of SD in these contexts, and highlights a number of studies which have applied a combination of SD and other methods to overcome these limitations. Finally, our study makes a number of recommendations for future modifications in the application of SD methods in order to enhance their performance.
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Authors
Mehdi Zomorodian, Sai Hin Lai, Mehran Homayounfar, Shaliza Ibrahim, Seyed Ehsan Fatemi, Ahmed El-Shafie,