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Two members of the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex discuss whether or not a Systems Dynamics model can meaningfully be run backwards in time.
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COLE, H., CURNOW, R. “Backcasting” with the World Dynamics Models. Nature 243, 63–65 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243063a0
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