Egner, Joanne with Karim Chichakly and Paul Gisborne, "Getting Started with STELLA and iThink", 2007 July 29-2007 August 2

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“Getting Started with STELLA and iThink” Workshop
International System Dynamics Conference
August 2, 2007

Presented by:
Karim Chichakly
Paul Gisborne
Joanne Egner

Customer
(Reinforcin

Model 1
g Loop)

Customer Recruitment

ae

Customers

Productivity

Marketing Spend

Marketing Spend Fraction

Revenue

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Revenue per Customer

Customers(t) = Customers(t - dt) + (Customer_Recruitment) * dt
INIT Customers = 100

INFLOWS:

Customer_Recruitment = Marketing_Spend*Productivity
Marketing_Spend = Revenue*Marketing_Spend_Fraction
Marketing_Spend_Fraction = 0.08

Productivity = 0.05

Revenue = Customers*Revenue_per_Customer
Revenue_per_Customer = 50

@ 1: Customers
4 1000
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2: Customer Recruitment

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Customer Model 2

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Customers Recruitment Customers
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% y
Productivity ‘s Revenue

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Marketing Spend Se)

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Marketing Spend Fraction

Customers(t) = Customers(t - dt) + (Customer__Recruitment) * dt
INIT Customers = 100

INFLOWS:
Customer__Recruitment = Marketing_Spend*Productivity

Potential__Customers(t) = Potential__Customers(t - dt) + (- Customer__Recruitment) * dt
INIT Potential__Customers = 900

OUTFLOWS:

Customer__Recruitment = Marketing_Spend*Productivity
Marketing_Spend = Revenue*Marketing_Spend_Fraction
Marketing_Spend_Fraction = 0.08

Productivity = 0.05

Revenue = Customers*Revenue_per_Customer
Revenue_per_Customer = 50

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Customer Model 3
(Introducing a Market Saturation Effect)

Potential Customer
Customers: Recruitment Customers
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Effect on X
Productivity Productivity Revenue

Marketing Spend \,

Revenue per Customer

Marketing Spend Fraction

Customers(t) = Customers(t - dt) + (Customer__Recruitment) * dt
INIT Customers = 100

INFLOWS:
Customer__Recruitment = Marketing_Spend*Productivity

Potential__Customers(t) = Potential__Customers(t - dt) + (- Customer__Recruitment) * dt
INIT Potential__Customers = 900

OUTFLOWS:

Customer__Recruitment = Marketing_Spend*Productivity
Effect_on__Productivity = Potential__Customers/INIT(Potential__Customers)
Marketing_Spend = Revenue*Marketing_Spend_Fraction
Marketing_Spend_Fraction = 0.08

Productivity = 0.05*Effect_on__Productivity

Revenue = Customers*Revenue_per_Customer

Revenue_per_Customer = 50

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Customer Model 4

(Introducing another loop - Customer Loss)

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Productivity SO

Revenue per Customer

Ave Customer Loss

Marketing Spend

Marketing Spend Fraction

Customers(t) = Customers(t - dt) + (Customer__Recruitment - Customer_Loss) * dt
INIT Customers = 100

INFLOWS:

Customer__Recruitment = Marketing_Spend*Productivity

OUTFLOWS:

Customer_Loss = Customers*Ave_Customer_Loss

Lost__Customers(t) = Lost__Customers(t - dt) + (Customer_Loss) * dt

INIT Lost__Customers = 0

INFLOWS:

Customer_Loss = Customers*Ave_Customer_Loss

Potential__Customers(t) = Potential__Customers(t - dt) + (- Customer__Recruitment) * dt
INIT Potential__Customers = 900

OUTFLOWS:

Customer__Recruitment = Marketing_Spend*Productivity
Ave_Customer_Loss = 0.05

Effect_on__Productivity = Potential__Customers/INIT(Potential_ Customers)
Marketing_Spend = Revenue*Marketing_Spend_Fraction
Marketing_Spend_Fraction = 0.08

Productivity = 0.05*Effect_on__ Productivity

Revenue = Customers*Revenue_per_Customer

Revenue_per_Customer = 50

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This workshop will be an introduction to building and communicating system dynamics models using STELLA or iThink software. The workshop is intended for people who are relatively new to the field or do not have experience using STELLA or iThink. The session will be conducted as a hands on workshop and demonstrate basic techniques for building, analyzing and communicating simple simulation models. Participants should bring their own computers with STELLA or iThink Version 9 installed or arrive 15 minutes early to install the software.
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