Integrated assessment and its inherent platform, integrated modelling, present an
opportunity to synthesize diverse knowledge, data, methods and perspectives into an …

Integration of models requires linking models which can be developed using different tools,
methodologies, and assumptions. We performed a literature review with the aim of …

Agricultural modeling has long suffered from fragmentation in model implementation. Many
models are developed, there is much redundancy, models are often poorly coupled, model …

Agricultural systems continuously evolve and are forced to change as a result of a range of
global and local driving forces. Agricultural technologies and agricultural, environmental and …

In many cases model integration treats models as software components only, ignoring the
fluid relationship between models and reality, the evolving nature of models and their …

Models, and to a lesser extent datasets, embody sophisticated statements of environmental
knowledge. Yet, the knowledge they incorporate is rarely self-contained enough for them to …

Abstract Model verification and validation (V&V) are critical to the long term use of agent-
based models of social processes. This paper addresses one important aspect of social …

The goal oriented framework (GOF) for indicators has been developed as part of a
comprehensive research project developing computerised tools for integrated assessment …

Bio-economic farm models are tools to evaluate ex-post or to assess ex-ante the impact of
policy and technology change on agriculture, economics and environment. Recently …

Recent observations show that the river Zenne (Belgium) remains well below the water
quality goals stated by the European Union Water Framework Directive. An interuniversity …