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Beyond system mapping. Meta Causal Loop Diagrams
Meta Causal Loop Diagrams (Meta-CLDs) are an evolution of traditional Causal Loop Diagrams that combine three dimensions: cause-effect structure, how causes affect actors and their responses, and relationships between people. They add a fourth temporal dimension and use graph databases (Neo4j) to overcome conventional CLD limitations, enabling complex situation mapping and visualising multiple connections between actors, creating a more comprehensive tool for analysing complex problems.