
The main principle of the Causal loop diagram is quite simple. There is diagram of the negative and positive reinforcements after finishing a CLD. Although CLDs focus on causation too, there are differences because CLDs are more general and more expressive than fishbone diagrams (Osgood, 2004). One of them which could seem the same as the causal loop diagram is a Fishbone diagram (or we can call it a "Cause and effect diagram").īut the fishbone diagram is different because it can induce categories of causes that impact a problem. They show the interrelation between causes and their effects.Īs stated above there are other tools which are used for modelling of system dynamics.

There are different word and arrow diagrams, e.g.

But sometimes we need only sections of these connections, and so we have to isolate issues which we would like to describe and observe. It doesn´t matter if it is nature or human environment, there is a large and complex web of interactions. Everything is connected to everything else.
