I am trying to identify the three strongest environments in the world for simulation and system dynamics in Operations, logistics and/or Supply chain management - can anyone suggest some environments?
With strong, I mean that have research groups, graduate trainings on the method and UTD-list scientific publications that applies it.
I think it may be not easy to to find. This is because a model is used to address a specific problem. system dynamics, agent-based modeling, and discrete event methods are simulation-based approaches.
In general, system dynamics is used to model a system with high-level abstraction, while agent-based modeling describes a system as the level of its constituents (entities). discrete methods consider the event, in which the system proceeds as an event occur.
Sometimes, a transport phenomena can be modeled using any approach above.
Sometimes, a hybrid of two of them may be an option.
Hope this help.
Thank you for your answer. I am looking at modeling a system on a higher level abstraction than what I typically have seen in agent-based models, which is why I referred to it as system dynamics. Any ideas of groups doing that type of work?
I am specifically looking at pricing, resources, ports and trucks in a region.
One of the strongest for mentioned areas might be MIT Sloan System Dynamics Group:
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/academic-groups/system-dynamics/faculty-research-centers