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This book is intended for students and teachers in large or small System Dynamics courses, and for motivated students that want to learn SD at their own pace.","contributors":[{"id":7299,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Willem","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Auping","location":"Delft University of Technology","background_text":"Willem Auping is a methodologist specialised in the impact deep uncertainty has on the way we develop and use simulation models."},{"id":7300,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Floortje","middle_name":null,"last_name":"d’Hont","location":"Delft University of Technology","background_text":"Floortje d'Hont is a policy analyst with a particular interest for the role of systems thinking in education, transdisciplinary research and participation."},{"id":7301,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Merla","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Kubli","location":"Delft University of Technology","background_text":"Merla Kubli is a systems researcher specialised in the business dynamics of climate solutions. 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Her expertise builds on mathematical and simulation modelling, field-based research on aquatic systems, and engagement with communities and policy makers."},{"id":7303,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Patrick","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Steinmann","location":"Delft University of Technology","background_text":"Patrick Steinmann is a decision support scientist, specialises in using simulation-based methods to enhance foresight and decision-making under deep uncertainty, particularly in the safety and security domain."},{"id":7304,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Floris","middle_name":null,"last_name":"van der Heijde","location":"Delft University of Technology","background_text":"Floris van der Heijde is a Master student Engineering \u0026 Policy Analysis at TU Delft, interested in simulation modelling and modelling supported decision-making. He was also actively involved in teaching activities throughout his master’s."},{"id":7305,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Els","middle_name":null,"last_name":"van Daalen","location":"Delft University of Technology","background_text":"Els van Daalen is a retired associate professor of policy analysis at TU Delft, interested in problem structuring, systems modelling, and serious gaming."},{"id":7306,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Erik","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Pruyt","location":"Center for Policy Exploration","background_text":"Erik Pruyt is a systems modeller and director of the Center for Policy Exploration, Analysis and Simulation, an organization that specialises in modelling complex issues and simulating them under uncertainty."},{"id":7307,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Wil","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Thissen","location":"Delft University of Technology","background_text":"Wil Thissen is an emeritus professor interested in applying systems methodology to public decision problems."}],"subjects":[{"id":9,"name":"Social Sciences","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"H1","visible_textbooks_count":285,"url":"https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/social-sciences"}],"publishers":[{"id":1729,"url":"https://textbooks.open.tudelft.nl/","year":2024,"created_at":"2024-12-05T21:46:33.000-06:00","updated_at":"2024-12-05T21:46:33.000-06:00","name":"TU Delft Open"}],"formats":[{"id":4489,"type":"PDF","url":"https://books.open.tudelft.nl/home/catalog/book/179","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":null,"textbook_reviews_count":0,"reviews":[],"url":"https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-delft-method-for-system-dynamics","updated_at":"2026-05-18T02:02:28.000-05:00"}}