Subject: Stocks and Flows

Posted by Bill Ellis on 3/4/2004
In Reply To:Stocks and Flows Posted by Niall Palfreyman on 3/4/2004

Message:

Prof. Palfreyman, I would suggest that you clarify your examples a bit.
As a physicist I don't quite follow them You do use "effort" and "flow" slightly different than stocks and flows.
But add in a third element that is closer to stock. q (charge) for example.
Voltate is the "pressure" that make the charge flow as current. And momentum is dependent on mass as well as velocity. and I don't see position as accumulaing perhps it would be clearer to say the distance (d) accumulates.
I don't see how "position" accumulates. A position is just where a body is at any moment. This is probably jus a language difference but it could lead to confusion.
Bill Ellis

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Stocks and Flows - Niall Palfreyman 3/6/2004