The Electronic Oracle: Computer Models and Social Decisions
Authors: Meadows D, Robinson JM
Publication Year: 1985
Reference: John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK [1985]
[ISBN 0 471 90558 5]
Abstract
This book describes the state of the art of social-system modeling, especially at the level of national planning. In an unusually clear and understandable language it approaches the controversial and often confused debate in the use of computer models in social decision making from an entirely new direction. By looking at the entire subject -- including the political and philosophical environments around the models, as well as the models themselves -- from an objective and knowledgeable viewpoint, the authors show how computer modeling is a powerful but limited tool.