Peter Arnfalk
Senior lecturer
Experience with a System Dynamics model in a prospective study on the future impact of ICT on environmental sustainability
Author
Summary, in English
To assess the potential impact of ICT on environmental sustainability in the European Union within a time horizon until 2020, we developed a System Dynamics model. In our contribution we make a critical, retrospective evaluation of the model with regard to the requirements and expectations of the project commissioners and of experts involved in the modeling and simulation process. The issues addressed are problem adequacy, validity, transparency, communicability and receptivity of the model. We conclude that modeling approaches that better support a modular model design than System Dynamics does would lead to better results regarding these requirements, and that a modeling language based on a more domain-specific ontology than System Dynamics would be needed to create models that are communicable and have an adequate epistemic connectivity to the scientific and political discourse.
Department/s
- The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Publishing year
2006-12-01
Language
English
Publication/Series
Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software
Document type
Conference paper
Topic
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Keywords
- Environmental modeling
- Information and communication technologies
- Prospective studies
- Socio-economic modeling
- Sustainable development
- System Dynamics
Conference name
3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006
Conference date
2006-07-09 - 2006-07-13
Conference place
Burlington, VT, United States
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 1424308526
- ISBN: 9781424308521