Building Confidence in Models for Multiple Audiences: The Modelling Cascade
This paper reports on a model building process developed to enable multiple audiences, particularly non-experts, to appreciate the validity of the models being built and their outcomes. The process is a four stage reversible cascade. This cascade provides a structured, auditable/transparent, formali...
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| author | Howick, S. Eden, C. Ackermann, Fran Williams, T. |
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| description | This paper reports on a model building process developed to enable multiple audiences, particularly non-experts, to appreciate the validity of the models being built and their outcomes. The process is a four stage reversible cascade. This cascade provides a structured, auditable/transparent, formalized process from “real world” interviews generating a rich qualitative model through two intermediate steps before arriving at a quantitative simulation model. There are a number of advantages of the cascade process including; achieving comprehensiveness, developing organizational learning, testing the veracity of multiple perspectives, modeling transparency, achieving common understanding across many audiences and promoting confidence building in the models. The paper, based on extensive work with organizations, discusses both the cascade process and its inherent benefits. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-198112017-09-13T13:51:03Z Building Confidence in Models for Multiple Audiences: The Modelling Cascade Howick, S. Eden, C. Ackermann, Fran Williams, T. Cognitive mapping Validity Simulation Cause mapping This paper reports on a model building process developed to enable multiple audiences, particularly non-experts, to appreciate the validity of the models being built and their outcomes. The process is a four stage reversible cascade. This cascade provides a structured, auditable/transparent, formalized process from “real world” interviews generating a rich qualitative model through two intermediate steps before arriving at a quantitative simulation model. There are a number of advantages of the cascade process including; achieving comprehensiveness, developing organizational learning, testing the veracity of multiple perspectives, modeling transparency, achieving common understanding across many audiences and promoting confidence building in the models. The paper, based on extensive work with organizations, discusses both the cascade process and its inherent benefits. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19811 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.02.027 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221707002408 Elsevier BV * North-Holland restricted |
| spellingShingle | Cognitive mapping Validity Simulation Cause mapping Howick, S. Eden, C. Ackermann, Fran Williams, T. Building Confidence in Models for Multiple Audiences: The Modelling Cascade |
| title | Building Confidence in Models for Multiple Audiences: The Modelling Cascade |
| title_full | Building Confidence in Models for Multiple Audiences: The Modelling Cascade |
| title_fullStr | Building Confidence in Models for Multiple Audiences: The Modelling Cascade |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building Confidence in Models for Multiple Audiences: The Modelling Cascade |
| title_short | Building Confidence in Models for Multiple Audiences: The Modelling Cascade |
| title_sort | building confidence in models for multiple audiences: the modelling cascade |
| topic | Cognitive mapping Validity Simulation Cause mapping |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221707002408 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19811 |