Name
Abstract | ||
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Computational simulation models help support scientifically grounded "what if" analyses by translating specialized knowledge into tools that can project the likely future impact of current actions. Models have thus become important in a variety of policy domains. In recent years, several software platforms for environmental policy-making and urban planning have added simulation models to decision support tools to provide stakeholders with direct access to these models. In this paper, we discuss the development of a publicly accessible Web service called ROMA (Radically Open Modeling Architecture) that allows anyone to create, combine, and run modular simulations, which can aid climate policy deliberations. ROMA currently provides the modeling functionality in the Climate CoLab (http:// climatecolab.org), a collective intelligence application in which large numbers of people work together to develop proposals to address climate change. In time, we hope that ROMA will support a community focused on model development and analysis. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.1109/MS.2011.115 | Software, IEEE |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Web services,climate mitigation,digital simulation,environmental legislation,environmental science computing,Climate CoLab,ROMA,Radically Open Modeling Architecture,climate change assessment modeling,climate policy deliberation,collective intelligence application,computational simulation model,environmental policy-making,modular simulation,open development methodology,publicly accessible Web service,urban planning,atmospheric sciences,domain-specific architectures,earth science,modeling,modeling methodologies,simulation support systems | Data modeling,Architecture,Systems engineering,Computer science,Collective intelligence,Decision support system,Simulation modeling,Urban planning,Modular design,Web service | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
28 | 6 | 0740-7459 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.49 | 0 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Introne | 1 | 18 | 2.26 |
| Robert Laubacher | 2 | 73 | 6.34 |
| Thomas W. Malone | 3 | 4683 | 1862.38 |