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title = "Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach",
author = "Iwanaga, Takuya and
Wang, Hsiao‐Hsuan and
Hamilton, Serena H. and
Grimm, Volker and
Koralewski, Tomasz E. and
Salado, Alejandro and
Elsawah, Sondoss and
Razavi, Saman and
Yang, Jing and
Glynn, Pierre D. and
Badham, Jennifer and
Voinov, Alexey and
Chen, Min and
Grant, William E. and
Peterson, Tarla Rai and
Frank, Karin and
Shenk, Gary W. and
Barton, C. Michael and
Jakeman, Anthony J. and
Little, John C.",
journal = "Environmental Modelling {\&} Software, Volume 135",
volume = "135",
year = "2021",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
url = "https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G21-19001",
doi = "10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104885",
pages = "104885",
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 modeling paradigms to represent a socio-environmental (or social-ecological) system aiming to holistically inform policy and decision-making processes. Central to the system-of-systems approaches is the representation of systems in a multi-tier framework with nested scales. Current modeling paradigms, however, have disciplinary-specific lineage, leading to inconsistencies in the conceptualization and integration of socio-environmental systems. In this paper, a multidisciplinary team of researchers, from engineering, natural and social sciences, have come together to detail socio-technical practices and challenges that arise in the consideration of scale throughout the socio-environmental modeling process. We identify key paths forward, focused on explicit consideration of scale and uncertainty, strengthening interdisciplinary communication, and improvement of the documentation process. We call for a grand vision (and commensurate funding) for holistic system-of-systems research that engages researchers, stakeholders, and policy makers in a multi-tiered process for the co-creation of knowledge and solutions to major socio-environmental problems.",
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%T Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach
%A Iwanaga, Takuya
%A Wang, Hsiao‐Hsuan
%A Hamilton, Serena H.
%A Grimm, Volker
%A Koralewski, Tomasz E.
%A Salado, Alejandro
%A Elsawah, Sondoss
%A Razavi, Saman
%A Yang, Jing
%A Glynn, Pierre D.
%A Badham, Jennifer
%A Voinov, Alexey
%A Chen, Min
%A Grant, William E.
%A Peterson, Tarla Rai
%A Frank, Karin
%A Shenk, Gary W.
%A Barton, C. Michael
%A Jakeman, Anthony J.
%A Little, John C.
%J Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 135
%D 2021
%V 135
%I Elsevier BV
%F Iwanaga-2021-Socio-technical
%X System-of-systems approaches for integrated assessments have become prevalent in recent years. Such approaches integrate a variety of models from different disciplines and modeling paradigms to represent a socio-environmental (or social-ecological) system aiming to holistically inform policy and decision-making processes. Central to the system-of-systems approaches is the representation of systems in a multi-tier framework with nested scales. Current modeling paradigms, however, have disciplinary-specific lineage, leading to inconsistencies in the conceptualization and integration of socio-environmental systems. In this paper, a multidisciplinary team of researchers, from engineering, natural and social sciences, have come together to detail socio-technical practices and challenges that arise in the consideration of scale throughout the socio-environmental modeling process. We identify key paths forward, focused on explicit consideration of scale and uncertainty, strengthening interdisciplinary communication, and improvement of the documentation process. We call for a grand vision (and commensurate funding) for holistic system-of-systems research that engages researchers, stakeholders, and policy makers in a multi-tiered process for the co-creation of knowledge and solutions to major socio-environmental problems.
%R 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104885
%U https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G21-19001
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104885
%P 104885
Markdown (Informal)
[Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach](https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G21-19001) (Iwanaga et al., GWF 2021)
ACL
- Takuya Iwanaga, Hsiao‐Hsuan Wang, Serena H. Hamilton, Volker Grimm, Tomasz E. Koralewski, Alejandro Salado, Sondoss Elsawah, Saman Razavi, Jing Yang, Pierre D. Glynn, Jennifer Badham, Alexey Voinov, Min Chen, William E. Grant, Tarla Rai Peterson, Karin Frank, Gary W. Shenk, C. Michael Barton, Anthony J. Jakeman, et al.. 2021. Socio-technical scales in socio-environmental modeling: Managing a system-of-systems modeling approach. Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 135, 135:104885.
