CSM'99
13th JISR-IIASA Workshop on Methodologies and Tools
for Complex System Modeling and Integrated Policy Assessment
September 9-11, 1999, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
Professor
Yoshikazu Sawaragi,
Chairman of the Japan Institute of Systems Research (JISR)
and
the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
(IIASA)
have been organizing since 1987 annual workshops in order to provide
a forum for researchers and practitioners working on development
and application of system analysis methods to model based analysis
of complex problems.
The workshops are aimed at reviewing advances in methodology and
tools of system analysis applied to various practical problems.
The main topics of this series of workshops have gradually been
changing from algorithmic aspects of model analysis,
through topics of decision analysis and support, multi criteria decision
analysis up to - recently dominating - analysis of complex systems
for integrated policy assessment
(you may want to click here
for links to abstracts of related workshops held at IIASA
in 1996, 1997 and in 1998).
The presentations at the CSM'99 workshop are expected to cover
the following areas:
- Innovative methods and tools supporting the entire
life-cycle
of a model development, maintainance and analysis;
including various modeling paradigms, techniques and tools, especially
those applicable for large and complex and/or not well structured
problems;
multi criteria model analysis and other non-standard simulation and
optimization based methods and tools for a model analysis.
- Methodologies for modeling and analysis of complex systems,
including issues of integration of models, multi-agent models,
methods and software for integrated assessment, subjective
evaluation models, decision analysis models, catastrophic risk
management models.
- Applications of innovative methodologies to analysis of complex
real-world problems for the needs of integrated assessment of
various policy options.
Environmental, social, industrial and financial applications
are expected, including (but not limited to)
policy measures for improving quality of environment,
floods caused by climate change, social security reform,
insurance coverage of catastrophic events.
- Software tools supporting development of applications
in the above mentioned areas.
Modeling life-cycle (listed above as
a container of problems)
includes the following phases of modeling:
designing or adapting a model;
developing and verifying the necessary data;
preparing or adapting tools (solvers) for the model analysis;
developing or adapting interfaces between the model and the solvers;
verifying and validating the model and solvers;
analyzing the model, typically in a loop composed of designing and
generating of a scenario, solving the model and analyzing solution results;
developing, reporting and explaining findings/conclusions/policy
implications; documenting the model, data development procedures,
and model analysis methods; maintaining, updating, and improving these
items for the duration of the study;
and, finally, terminating the study with proper
attention to archives that invite as much reuse as possible.
The organizers encourage presentations of very recent results,
especially innovative methods, tools and applications relevant
for analysis of either global or universal problems for which
standard methods and tools of operations research do not offer
a satisfactory solution.
Strong international participation is traditionally encouraged
for this workshop so that participants can introduce and be introduced
to various research perspectives and approaches in the above listed
research and applications areas.
As in previous years, we are counting on a strong delegation from Japan
and we are also inviting leading researchers from other
countries to present their methods, applications and tools.
Additionally, this open invitation for preregistration is posted
on the Web in order to reach those prospective participants
who are not yet aware of this annual workshop.
In this way, we hope that also in 1999 constructive discussions
will be stimulated to benefit all participants and for the progress
of the methodologies and tools for model-based analysis of complex
systems and integrated policy assessment.
The number of participants of the workshop must be limited,
therefore participation is by invitation only.
The invitations for the workshop will be distributed before May 15, 1999
to authors of accepted presentations.
It is likely that a number of persons who will preregister
will exceed the maximum number of participants.
In such a case preferences will be given to those who:
- have an affiliation in a country that is a
member of IIASA,
- offer to give a presentation that fits best the areas summarized above.
Therefore an extended abstract
is a key element of the
preregistration.
There is no registration fee for participating in the CSM'99 workshop.
IIASA can provide moderate support for covering local expenses to
participants who are not able to cover such costs from other sources.
Only in exceptional cases will support be offered to participants
from countries that are not members of IIASA.
Unfortunately, no support can be provided for covering travel expenses.
Prospective participants are kindly requested to complete as soon
as possible (but not later than May 5, 1999) the
preregistration
procedure which is composed of two elements:
- filling in a preregistration form,
- submission of an extended abstract of the proposed contribution.
The invitations for the workshop will be distributed before May 15, 1999
to authors of accepted presentations.
Dates, organizational details
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