Connecting many to the Entrepreneurial World: open virtual communities to support and stimulate the development of entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean

Process arrangements for variety, retention, and selection

This article argues that process management aimed at introducing variety, retention, and selection into complex decision-making processes can make a substantial contribution to improving them. It also describes process arrangements for variety, retention, and selection.

Defining Uncertainty: A Conceptual Basis for Uncertainty Management in Model-Based Decision Support

The aim of this paper is to provide a conceptual basis for the systematic treatment of uncertainty in model-based decision support activities such as policy analysis, integrated assessment and risk assessment. It focuses on the uncertainty perceived from the point of view of those providing information to support policy decisions (i.e., the...

Kennis voor Deltabeslissingen. Grootse plannen voor waterveiligheid

Er is een toenemende internationale belangstelling voor de ‘Deltabenadering’. Regelmatig presenteren deskundigen en beleidsmakers aan buitenlanders Nederlandse kennis van waterveiligheid en kunde in het maken van grote waterveiligheidsplannen. In dit artikel besteden we bijzondere aandacht aan het managen van die kennis ten behoeve van het maken...

Investigating an automated method for the sensitivity analysis of functions

Automated sensitivity analysis approaches in system dynamics focus primarily on model parameters. Although table functions are often subjectively approximated, they do not form the focus of most sensitivity analyses. Recently, a promising approach that allows automation of sensitivity analysis on functions was proposed by Hearne (2010), but the...

Emerging conflict in collaborative mapping: Towards a deeper understanding?

In spatial planning and environmental management, maps are found very helpful in many situations, but in other situations they may also deepen conflicts or be ignored. This paper addresses the question what explains such phenomena, with particular emphasis on, and reference to, collaborative policymaking settings in the Netherlands. We have...