DYNAMO (programming language)

DYNAMO (DYNAmic MOdels) is a simulation language and accompanying graphical notation developed within the system dynamics analytical framework. It was originally for industrial dynamics but was soon extended to other applications, including population and resource studies[1][2] and urban planning.[3][4]

DYNAMO was initially developed under the direction of Jay Wright Forrester in the late 1950s, by Dr. Phyllis Fox,[5][6] Alexander L. Pugh III, Grace Duren,[7] and others[8] at the M.I.T. Computation Center.[9]

DYNAMO was used for the system dynamics simulations of global resource depletion reported in the Club of Rome's Limits to Growth,[1] but has since fallen into disuse.

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  3. ^ Karayanakis, Nicholas Mark (24 June 1993). Computer-assisted simulation of dynamic systems with block diagram languages. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-8971-2.
  4. ^ Swanson, Carl V.; Raymond J., Waldmann (September 1970). "A Simulation Model Of Economic Growth Dynamics". Journal of the American Planning Association. 36 (5). Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group: 314–322. doi:10.1080/01944367008977327.
  5. ^ "Resume and brief autobiography for Phyllis Fox, for Wellesley College Class of 1944 Record Book" (PDF). SIAM history website. January 1974.
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  8. ^ "D-Memos 0 - 499". System Dynamics Society. Archived from the original on 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  9. ^ DYNAMO User's Manual. MIT Press. 1963. pp. 2–3.