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Title: A METHODOLGOY MANUAL FOR CONCEPTUAL MODELING TO AID MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECT INITIATION

A METHODOLGOY MANUAL FOR CONCEPTUAL MODELING TO AID MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECT INITIATION
R. Stevens
1314-2704
English
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2.1
• Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE
• Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
This paper presents three common and simplified steps in conceptual modeling, which are also proposed as “tools” for project initiation. These steps are: 1) system characterization, 2) system structural analysis, and 3) multi-criteria modeling of alternative scenarios. The main motivation for a standardized approach is that that many projects involve complex systems with diverse stakeholders. Both of these aspects increase the need for effective communication and for including perspectives across disciplines and societal sectors. System characterization is necessary to define the outer boundaries and the inner components involved in processes and effects. The dynamics are further explored with system structural analysis, including variable impacts on each other and the identification of positive (destabilizing) and negative (stabilizing) feedback loops. Based on this understanding of the system, suitable research questions and scenario predictions can be tested with multi-criteria analysis. The methodological steps are illustrated with a simplified example, classroom drowsiness. An annual web-based methods course and related workshops that evaluate and apply the conceptual-modeling activities to actual case studies are proposed. The 2021 SGEM PLATFORM workshops are the first such workshops, which we hope will re-occur annually, helping initiate new projects and to build consortia for continued project development.
conference
21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2021
21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2021, 16 - 22 August, 2021
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci
79-86
16 - 22 August, 2021
website
cdrom
7881
modeling; project scoping; multidisciplinary cooperation; workshop