Software Reviews : PROFESSIONAL DYNAMO PLUS Reviewed by Fiona Chen,Florida State University Publisher: Pugh-Roberts Associates,Inc.,Five Lee St.,Cambridge,MA 02139 (telephone: 617-864-8880) Year of Publication: 1987 Version Reviewed: 3.1c Materials: Three diskettes,one reference manual (281 pages),one introductory guide and tutorial (109 pages),one "PROFESSIONAL DYNAMO PLUS Version 3.1c Additional Information" brochure (2 pages),one quick reference card,one customer support plan Price: $1,995;educational,$1,495
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Software Reviews : PROFESSIONAL DYNAMO PLUS Reviewed by Fiona Chen,Florida State University Publisher: Pugh-Roberts Associates,Inc.,Five Lee St.,Cambridge,MA 02139 (telephone: 617-864-8880) Year of Publication: 1987 Version Reviewed: 3.1c Materials: Three diskettes,one reference manual (281 pages),one introductory guide and tutorial (109 pages),one "PROFESSIONAL DYNAMO PLUS Version 3.1c Additional Information" brochure (2 pages),one quick reference card,one customer support plan Price: $1,995;educational,$1,495
PROFESSIONAL DYNAMO PLUS (PD PLUS) is the latest and most advanced DYNAMO PC version published by Pugh-Roberts Associates, Inc. PD PLUS is a simulation language for system dynamics, a technique suitable for modeling social and political systems. Besides keeping the basic features of other DYNAMO versions, PD PLUS is more powerful and speedy. It is a package for serious system dynamics modelers. PD PLUS's potential, however, cannot be fully tapped because of its shortcomings in documentation, file management design, and possible incompatibility with non-IBM machines.
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