An appropriateness framework for the Dutch Meuse decision support system

Xu, Yue-Ping and Booij, Martijn J. and Mynett, Arthur E. (2007) An appropriateness framework for the Dutch Meuse decision support system. Environmental Modelling & Software, 22 (11). pp. 1667-1678. ISSN 1364-8152

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Abstract:	Models are essential in a decision support system for river basin management. In a decision support system for integrated planning and management, the use of appropriate models is important to avoid models being either too simple or too complex. In this paper, appropriate models refer to models that are good-enough-but-not-more-than-that to obtain an acceptable ranking of river engineering measures under uncertainty. A systematic approach called ‘appropriateness framework’ is proposed to determine appropriate models that can be used in a decision support system. The approach is applied to a decision support system for the Dutch Meuse River. One important component of this decision support system, flood safety, is used in this paper to demonstrate how this approach works. The results show that the approach is very useful in helping to determine appropriate models. Potential applications of the approach in other decision support systems are discussed. The approach presented in this paper is designed as a tool to stimulate the communication between decision makers and modelers and to promote the use of models in decision-making for river basin management.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	Elsevier Science B.V.
Faculty:	Engineering Technology (CTW)
Research Group:	Water Engineering and Management (WEM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/61508
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.01.002
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