The Electronic Oracle: Computer Models and Social Decisions.
Chris J. L. Yewlett, D. M. Meadows, J. M. Robinson · Journal of the Operational Research Society · 1986
A. The evaluation of models and of policy: A necessary digression 1.The modelers' and clients' and evaluators' goals 2. The extent to which the goals were reached 3. The cost of reaching whatever goals were reached 4. The unintended, unforeseen impacts B. The implementation record, as we see it C.Some hypotheses 1. Policymakers as boors 2. Modelers as clowns 3. Supermodeler 4. The two cultures 5.The learning curve 6.No problem Part V. Prescriptions Chapter 16 An inventory of suggestions A. Knowledge problems B. Institutional problems C. Practice problems D. Guidelines, for what they are worth Chapter 17 The transformation of modeling A. The ultimate source of system structure B. Computer modelers as scientists xii