sierchio@milano.UUCP (01/01/87)
I need info. relating to STELLA (sp?), an animation/simulation tool on the Macintosh. Anyone with experience with this product is requested to contact me ASAP. Also, any info, even if you haven't seen it, would be helpful. I don't even know who makes it or how much it costs, and I need to make a decision about whether it is a useful tool for my application. A follow-up article would be fine, and a direct response to me would also be appreciated. Thanks. -- Michael Sierchio @ MCC Software Technology Program UUCP: ut-sally!im4u!milano!sierchio ARPA: sierchio@mcc.ARPA THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED AREN'T NECESSARILY.
cline@decvax.UUCP (Greg Cline) (01/03/87)
In article <3224@milano.UUCP> sierchio@milano.UUCP writes: > >I need info. relating to STELLA (sp?), an animation/simulation tool >Also, any info, even if you haven't seen it, would >be helpful. I don't even know who makes it or how much it costs, and >I need to make a decision about whether it is a useful tool for my >application. > STELLA is a Systems Dynamics Tool written by Professor Barry Richmond at Dartmouth College. From what I know, Systems Dynamics was pioneered by Jay Forrester at MIT and others. The field has application in many disciplines, from Business to Chemistry. For instance, Professor Richmond uses STELLA in his "Management of Technical Innovation" class he teaches at the Tuck School at Dartmouth. Likewise, a chemistry professor used STELLA to model chemical reactions. A system does not always act intuitively. Using STELLA, one can model a system and observe it under different circumstances. For a review of STELLA, see the Winter 1985 edition of "Wheels For the Mind," a periodical published at Boston College by the Apple University Educational Consortium. Greg Cline Base Workstation Development