Mohapatra, Pratap K.L., "Use of System Dynamics Diagrammatic Tools as Representation Schemes for Linear Programming Models", 1995
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The paper suggests that the diagrammatic tools available in the system dynamics methodology are very useful to build external representation schemes for linear programming models. The paper further suggests that these tools can be used for problem conceptualization and model building. An example is cited to demonstrate the power of the system dynamics diagrammatic tools to conceptualize the problem, fix the model boundary, and define the decision variables and the constraints.