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Professor Jay W. Forrester's book, Urban Dynamics, is an important, but controversial, contribution in the area of computer simulation of urban problems. This article presents a critical examination of this book.

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  1. Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Herbert Weinblatt

  2. Loughborough University, Loughborough, England

    G. K. Roberts

  3. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

    Daniel Tabak

  4. Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of California, Berkely, California, USA

    Gerald E. Caiden (Visiting Professor)

  5. University of Southern California, Institute of Aerospace Safety and Management, Washington Area Study Center, Washington, D.C., USA

    George K. Chacko

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Weinblatt, H., Roberts, G.K., Tabak, D. et al. Book reviews. Policy Sci 1, 377–394 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145219

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