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On the Use of Cross Impact Analysis for Enhancing Performance in Primary School Education

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Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics I

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The system dynamics approach is a holistic way of solving problems in real-time scenarios. The Cross Impact Analysis (CIA) is a system dynamics method that enables the construction of a model relating entities and attributes relevant to a system. Then, the CIA simulates the model construct and observes the changing system status. The CIA permits the integration of policies into the model construct and enables the comparison of the simulated system with the one that is augmented by policies. Thereby, it is possible to observe policy effects on future system status. Here, we describe how CIA is utilized to enhance student enrolment and performance with simulated government policies in two developing countries.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Dr. Hanife Akar (Dept of Educational Sciences, Middle East Technical University), Prof. L. S. Ganesh (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India) for their fruitful discussions. We also wish to thank Mrs. Anupama Pedamallu for helping us with data entry.

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

    Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu

  2. The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu

  3. Department of Systems Engineering, Yeditepe University, Kayisdagi, 34755, Istanbul, Turkey

    Linet Ozdamar

  4. Institute of Applied Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

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Pedamallu, C.S., Ozdamar, L., Weber, GW. (2014). On the Use of Cross Impact Analysis for Enhancing Performance in Primary School Education. In: Pinto, A., Zilberman, D. (eds) Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics I. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 73. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04849-9_31

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