Structuring and evaluating decision support processes to enhance the robustness of complex human–natural systems

EA Moallemi, F Zare, PM Reed, S Elsawah… - … Modelling & Software, 2020 - Elsevier
Decision-making in the context of complex human–natural systems requires a transition
towards robust model-based inferences which are effective despite uncertainties of human …

Balancing efficiency and resilience objectives in pursuit of sustainable infrastructure transformations

SA Markolf, A Helmrich, Y Kim, R Hoff… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•There is an intrinsic tension between efficiency (E) and resilience (R).•Greater
resilience often means less efficiency, and vice versa.•Infrastructure systems tend to align …

Eight grand challenges in socio-environmental systems modeling

S Elsawah, T Filatova, AJ Jakeman… - Socio-Environmental …, 2020 - research.utwente.nl
Modeling is essential to characterize and explore complex societal and environmental
issues in systematic and collaborative ways. Socio-environmental systems (SES) modeling …

Towards normalizing good practice across the whole modeling cycle: its instrumentation and future research topics

AJ Jakeman, S Elsawah, HH Wang… - Socio-Environmental …, 2024 - sesmo.org
Choices made in modeling matter and demand more explication since they determine how
much we can trust modeling insights and predictions within their social, political and ethical …

Effective modeling for Integrated Water Resource Management: A guide to contextual practices by phases and steps and future opportunities

J Badham, S Elsawah, JHA Guillaume… - … Modelling & Software, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The effectiveness of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) modeling
hinges on the quality of practices employed through the process, starting from early problem …

Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach

T Iwanaga, HH Wang, SH Hamilton, V Grimm… - … Modelling & Software, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract System-of-systems approaches for integrated assessments have become prevalent
in recent years. Such approaches integrate a variety of models from different disciplines and …

A framework for characterising and evaluating the effectiveness of environmental modelling

SH Hamilton, B Fu, JHA Guillaume, J Badham… - … modelling & software, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental modelling is transitioning from the traditional paradigm that focuses on the
model and its quantitative performance to a more holistic paradigm that recognises …

From data to decisions: Processing information, biases, and beliefs for improved management of natural resources and environments

PD Glynn, AA Voinov, CD Shapiro, PA White - Earth's Future, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Our different kinds of minds and types of thinking affect the ways we decide, take action, and
cooperate (or not). Derived from these types of minds, innate biases, beliefs, heuristics, and …

It takes a village to run a model—the social practices of hydrological modeling

LA Melsen - Water Resources Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Computer models are frequently used tools in hydrological research. Many decisions related
to the model set‐up and configuration have to be made before a model can be run …

A competency framework for participatory modeling

S Elsawah, E Bakhanova, RP Hämäläinen… - Group Decision and …, 2023 - Springer
Participatory modeling (PM) is a craft that is often learned by training 'on the job'and
mastered through years of practice. There is little explicit knowledge available on identifying …