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	The Open World project aims to better understand systemic problems in social-ecological systems by developing new multi-scale perspectives. As an application and context, we focus on fisheries management. Fisheries collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities, and impacting ~~marine environments~~ and endangered species. Management structures have struggled ~~to manage~~ the perverse economic incentives, multiple scales of uncertainty, and unintended feedbacks in this highly variable and spatially complex system. Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including climate, trade, and migration networks, have a complicated relationship with local choices and behaviors. By improving our ~~understand~~ of how scales and systems interact, we hope to reveal opportunities for more sustainable management.		The Open World project aims to better understand systemic problems in social-ecological systems by developing new multi-scale perspectives. As an application and context, we focus on fisheries management. Fisheries collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities and impacting ecosystem services and endangered species. Management structures have struggled with the perverse economic incentives, multiple scales of uncertainty, and unintended feedbacks in this highly variable and spatially complex system. Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including climate, trade, and migration networks, have a complicated relationship with local choices and behaviors. By improving our understanding of how scales and systems interact, we hope to reveal opportunities for more sustainable management.

	To study these interactions, the Open World project explores a powerful intersection between new theoretical ~~grounds~~ and modeling technology. ~~Theoretically~~, we seek a stronger ~~foundation~~ for multi-scale systems and new forms of coupling. This foundation supports the development of new frameworks for "amalgamated" modeling, which allows models at diverse scales and contexts to interact. ~~However, such~~ a composite model needs new theoretical and technological work to elucidate the driving principles behind the resulting dynamics.		To study these interactions, the Open World project explores a powerful intersection between new theoretical foundations and modeling technology. Using theories of complex systems and statistical dynamics, we seek a stronger basis for multi-scale systems and new forms of coupling. This foundation supports the development of new frameworks for "amalgamated" modeling, which allows models at diverse scales and contexts to interact. Such a composite model also needs new theoretical and technological work to elucidate the driving principles behind the resulting dynamics.

	The interactions between natural and human systems at different scales are central to many ~~environment~~ and resource management issues. For example, global and regional policies place constraints on local behaviors, but the collective impact of these local decisions enters the large-scale systems that define those policies. A combination of coupling across scales using downscaling and aggregation, and the interplay between large-scale networks and diffusion offers a way to understand these connections.		The interactions between natural and human systems at different scales are central to many environmental and resource management issues. For example, global and regional policies place constraints on local behaviors, but the collective impact of these local decisions enters the large-scale systems that define those policies. A combination of coupling across scales using downscaling and aggregation, and the interplay between large-scale networks, constituent small-scale networks, and diffusion offers a way to understand these connections.
	~~Economic~~ and ~~scientific models~~ are most effective at a given scale and context, but the boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. Moreover, direct coupling of these models can both distort their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results. This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling, by looking at how systems and their ~~constituent components~~ can overlap and mutually inform each other.
			Models of economics and natural science are most effective at a given scale and context, but the boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. Moreover, direct coupling of these models can both distort their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results. This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling, by looking at how systems and their component elements can overlap and mutually inform each other.

	To support this research, the project will build a general framework for integrating an unlimited collection of models of social-ecological systems. This framework would provide an interface between models operating at different scales and contexts and according to different techniques and assumptions. The amalgamated approach allows different policy scenarios and ecological models to be easily substituted and compared. The composite system aims to be transparent in its operation, available as a rich foundation for other researchers, and open to new contributions.		To support this research, the project will build a general framework for integrating an unlimited collection of models of social-ecological systems. This framework would provide an interface between models operating at different scales and contexts and according to different techniques and assumptions. The amalgamated approach allows different policy scenarios and ecological models to be easily substituted and compared. The composite system aims to be transparent in its operation, available as a rich foundation for other researchers, and open to new contributions.

	~~Making~~ this ~~modeling~~ framework ~~useful requires integrated~~ cross-scale metrics and ~~validation~~. ~~The framework would also incorporate computational~~ tools ~~for~~ more insightful communication~~. These include finding~~ ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient ~~interconnections~~ to ~~help~~ construct higher level conceptual models. Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to ~~identify~~ leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.		Computational tools for validating and communicating the results become central in this framework. The Open World project will study new cross-scale metrics and statistical approaches to connect the amalgamated models and real world data. Equally important are tools that support more insightful communication, including ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient internal connections, helping to construct higher-level conceptual models. Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to evaluate management leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.

	Our first goal is to compose an application for the Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems grant as a Large CNH Interdisciplinary project, due November 20.		Our first goal is to compose an application for the Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems grant as a Large CNH Interdisciplinary project, due November 20.

Jrising at 02:52, 5 March 2012

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	Making this modeling framework useful requires integrated cross-scale metrics and validation. The framework would also incorporate computational tools for more insightful communication. These include finding ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient interconnections to help construct higher level conceptual models. Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to identify leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.		Making this modeling framework useful requires integrated cross-scale metrics and validation. The framework would also incorporate computational tools for more insightful communication. These include finding ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient interconnections to help construct higher level conceptual models. Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to identify leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.

	~~Stages..~~.		Our first goal is to compose an application for the Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems grant as a Large CNH Interdisciplinary project, due November 20.
	~~# CNH Proposal~~

Jrising at 22:09, 4 March 2012

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	Making this modeling framework useful requires integrated cross-scale metrics and validation. The framework would also incorporate computational tools for more insightful communication. These include finding ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient interconnections to help construct higher level conceptual models. Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to identify leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.		Making this modeling framework useful requires integrated cross-scale metrics and validation. The framework would also incorporate computational tools for more insightful communication. These include finding ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient interconnections to help construct higher level conceptual models. Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to identify leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.

			Stages...
			# CNH Proposal

Jrising at 21:37, 4 March 2012

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	'''Amalgamated Fisheries Modeling: A cross-scale approach to environmental dilemmas'''		'''Amalgamated Fisheries Modeling: A cross-scale approach to environmental dilemmas'''

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	The interactions between natural and human systems at different scales are central to many environment and resource management issues. For example, global and regional policies place constraints on local behaviors, but the collective impact of these local decisions enters the large-scale systems that define those policies. A combination of coupling across scales using downscaling and aggregation, and the interplay between large-scale networks and diffusion offers a way to understand these connections.		The interactions between natural and human systems at different scales are central to many environment and resource management issues. For example, global and regional policies place constraints on local behaviors, but the collective impact of these local decisions enters the large-scale systems that define those policies. A combination of coupling across scales using downscaling and aggregation, and the interplay between large-scale networks and diffusion offers a way to understand these connections.
	Economic and scientific models are most effective at a given scale and context, but the boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. Moreover, direct coupling of these models can both distort their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results. This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling, by looking at how systems and their constituent components can overlap and mutually inform each other.		Economic and scientific models are most effective at a given scale and context, but the boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. Moreover, direct coupling of these models can both distort their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results. This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling, by looking at how systems and their constituent components can overlap and mutually inform each other.


	To support this research, the project will build a general framework for integrating an unlimited collection of models of social-ecological systems. This framework would provide an interface between models operating at different scales and contexts and according to different techniques and assumptions. The amalgamated approach allows different policy scenarios and ecological models to be easily substituted and compared. The composite system aims to be transparent in its operation, available as a rich foundation for other researchers, and open to new contributions.		To support this research, the project will build a general framework for integrating an unlimited collection of models of social-ecological systems. This framework would provide an interface between models operating at different scales and contexts and according to different techniques and assumptions. The amalgamated approach allows different policy scenarios and ecological models to be easily substituted and compared. The composite system aims to be transparent in its operation, available as a rich foundation for other researchers, and open to new contributions.

	Making this modeling framework useful requires integrated cross-scale metrics and validation. The framework would also incorporate computational tools for more insightful communication. These include finding ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient interconnections to help construct higher level conceptual models. Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to identify leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.		Making this modeling framework useful requires integrated cross-scale metrics and validation. The framework would also incorporate computational tools for more insightful communication. These include finding ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient interconnections to help construct higher level conceptual models. Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to identify leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.

Jrising at 21:36, 4 March 2012

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-The Open World project aims to better understand systemic problems in social-ecological systems by developing new multi-scale perspectives.  As an application and context, we focus on fisheries management.  Fisheries collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities, and impacting marine environments and endangered species.  Policies structures have struggled to manage the perverse economic incentives, multiple scales of uncertainty, and unintended feedbacks in this highly variable and spatially complex system.  Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including the influence of climate, trade, and migration networks, have a complicated relationship with local choices and behaviors.  By improving our understand of how scales and systems interact, we hope to reveal opportunities for more sustainable management.
+The Open World project aims to better understand systemic problems in social-ecological systems by developing new multi-scale perspectives.  As an application and context, we focus on fisheries management.  Fisheries collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities, and impacting marine environments and endangered species.  Management structures have struggled to manage the perverse economic incentives, multiple scales of uncertainty, and unintended feedbacks in this highly variable and spatially complex system.  Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including climate, trade, and migration networks, have a complicated relationship with local choices and behaviors.  By improving our understand of how scales and systems interact, we hope to reveal opportunities for more sustainable management.
-To study these interactions, the Open World project explores a powerful intersection between new theoretical and technological grounds.  Theoretically, we seek a stronger foundation for multi-scale systems and new forms of coupling.  This foundation supports the development of new frameworks for "amalgamated" modeling, allowing models at diverse scales and contexts to interact.  However, such a composite model necessitates new theoretical and technological work to elucidate the critical principles behind the resulting dynamics.
+To study these interactions, the Open World project explores a powerful intersection between new theoretical grounds and modeling technology.  Theoretically, we seek a stronger foundation for multi-scale systems and new forms of coupling.  This foundation supports the development of new frameworks for "amalgamated" modeling, which allows models at diverse scales and contexts to interact.  However, such a composite model needs new theoretical and technological work to elucidate the driving principles behind the resulting dynamics.
-Models are most effective at a given scale and context, but the boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear.  Naive coupling of these models can both distort their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results.
+The interactions between natural and human systems at different scales are central to many environment and resource management issues.  For  example, global and regional policies place constraints on local behaviors, but the collective impact of these local decisions enters the large-scale systems that define those policies.  A combination of coupling across scales using downscaling and aggregation, and the interplay between large-scale networks and diffusion offers a way to understand these connections.
-global to local risk drivers and solutions, and  local to global feedbacks through aggregation
+To support this research, the project will build a general framework for integrating an unlimited collection of models of social-ecological systems.  This framework would provide an interface between models operating at different scales and contexts and according to different techniques and assumptions.  The amalgamated approach allows different policy scenarios and ecological models to be easily substituted and compared.  The composite system aims to be transparent in its operation, available as a rich foundation for other researchers, and open to new contributions.
-The
+Making this modeling framework useful requires integrated cross-scale metrics and validation.  The framework would also incorporate computational tools for more insightful communication.  These include finding ways to identify critical feedback loops and the most salient interconnections to help construct higher level conceptual models.  Another key need for environmental problems is the ability to identify leverage points, such as parameters or structures where small changes can result in pervasive differences in dynamics.

Jrising at 20:33, 4 March 2012

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	The Open World project aims to better understand systemic problems in social-ecological systems by developing new multi-scale perspectives. As an application and context, we focus on fisheries management. Fisheries collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities, and impacting marine environments and endangered species. Policies structures have struggled to manage the perverse economic incentives, multiple scales of uncertainty, and unintended feedbacks in this highly variable and spatially complex system. By improving our ~~understanding~~ of		The Open World project aims to better understand systemic problems in social-ecological systems by developing new multi-scale perspectives. As an application and context, we focus on fisheries management. Fisheries collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities, and impacting marine environments and endangered species. Policies structures have struggled to manage the perverse economic incentives, multiple scales of uncertainty, and unintended feedbacks in this highly variable and spatially complex system. Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including the influence of climate, trade, and migration networks, have a complicated relationship with local choices and behaviors. By improving our understand of how scales and systems interact, we hope to reveal opportunities for more sustainable management.

	~~global to local risk drivers~~ and ~~solutions~~, and ~~local~~ to ~~global feedbacks through aggregation~~		To study these interactions, the Open World project explores a powerful intersection between new theoretical and technological grounds. Theoretically, we seek a stronger foundation for multi-scale systems and new forms of coupling. This foundation supports the development of new frameworks for "amalgamated" modeling, allowing models at diverse scales and contexts to interact. However, such a composite model necessitates new theoretical and technological work to elucidate the critical principles behind the resulting dynamics.

	~~By improving our understand of how scales~~ and ~~systems interact~~, ~~we hope to reveal opportunities for more sustainable management.~~		Models are most effective at a given scale and context, but the boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. Naive coupling of these models can both distort their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results.
	~~To study these interactions~~, ~~the Open World project explores a powerful intersection~~ between ~~new theoretical~~ and ~~technological grounds~~. ~~Theoretically,~~

	~~The intersection of these~~ can ~~be called "amalgamated modeling"~~		Models at different scales are effective...
			Global and regional models can
	~~considers the~~

			global to local risk drivers and solutions, and local to global feedbacks through aggregation

	~~Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including the influence of climate, trade, and migration networks, have a complex relationship with local choices and behaviors.~~ The boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. These abstractions work well for modeling and communicating, but coupling these models can both break their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results.		The

	This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling		This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling
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	The project focuses on interactions between scales and uncovering the critical principles behind the resulting dynamics. To do so, we investigate new forms of coupling,		The project focuses on interactions between scales and uncovering the critical principles behind the resulting dynamics. To do so, we investigate new forms of coupling,

	To support this, the project will build a general framework for integrating an unlimited collection of models of social-ecological systems. This framework would interface between overlapping models at different scales and contexts and operating according to different techniques and assumptions. The composite system will be transparent in its operation, available as a rich foundation for other researchers, and open to new contributions.		To support this, the project will build a general framework for integrating an unlimited collection of models of social-ecological systems.
			This framework would interface between overlapping models at different scales and contexts and operating according to different techniques and assumptions. The composite system will be transparent in its operation, available as a rich foundation for other researchers, and open to new contributions.

	Along with new archetypes that move beyond coupling, the framework will provide computational tools for more insightful communication.		Along with new archetypes that move beyond coupling, the framework will provide computational tools for more insightful communication.

Jrising at 20:02, 4 March 2012

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	The Open World project aims to better understand systemic social-ecological ~~problems~~ by developing new multi-scale perspectives.		The Open World project aims to better understand systemic problems in social-ecological systems by developing new multi-scale perspectives. As an application and context, we focus on fisheries management. Fisheries collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities, and impacting marine environments and endangered species. Policies structures have struggled to manage the perverse economic incentives, multiple scales of uncertainty, and unintended feedbacks in this highly variable and spatially complex system. By improving our understanding of

			global to local risk drivers and solutions, and local to global feedbacks through aggregation

			By improving our understand of how scales and systems interact, we hope to reveal opportunities for more sustainable management.
			To study these interactions, the Open World project explores a powerful intersection between new theoretical and technological grounds. Theoretically,

	~~Fishery collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities, and with plenty~~ of ~~spill-over effects for marine environments and endangered species. Policies structures have been slow to react, and~~		The intersection of these can be called "amalgamated modeling"

	Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including the influence of climate, trade~~, aid~~, and migration networks, have a complex relationship with local choices and behaviors. The boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. These abstractions work well for modeling and communicating, but coupling these models can both break their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results.		considers the


			Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including the influence of climate, trade, and migration networks, have a complex relationship with local choices and behaviors. The boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. These abstractions work well for modeling and communicating, but coupling these models can both break their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results.

	This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling		This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling

Jrising at 00:08, 4 March 2012

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'''Amalgamated Fisheries Modeling: A cross-scale approach to environmental dilemmas'''

This project aims to better understand systemic environmental problems, focused on fisheries management, by developing new cross-scale perspectives. Researchers will investigate how social and ecological systems at diverse scales interact, and how these insights can be integrated into a general modeling framework for coupled multi-scale dynamics.

=== Longer Statement ===

The Open World project aims to better understand systemic social-ecological problems by developing new multi-scale perspectives.

Fishery collapse is a global concern, affecting world food supply and economic prospects for fishing communities, and with plenty of spill-over effects for marine environments and endangered species. Policies structures have been slow to react, and

Policies and dynamics at regional scales, including the influence of climate, trade, aid, and migration networks, have a complex relationship with local choices and behaviors. The boundaries between social institutions, between ecosystems, and between scales are rarely clear. These abstractions work well for modeling and communicating, but coupling these models can both break their accuracy and obfuscate the drivers behind their results.

This project investigates how we can move beyond coupling
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The project focuses on interactions between scales and uncovering the critical principles behind the resulting dynamics. To do so, we investigate new forms of coupling,

To support this, the project will build a general framework for integrating an unlimited collection of models of social-ecological systems. This framework would interface between overlapping models at different scales and contexts and operating according to different techniques and assumptions. The composite system will be transparent in its operation, available as a rich foundation for other researchers, and open to new contributions.

Along with new archetypes that move beyond coupling, the framework will provide computational tools for more insightful communication.

A modeling framework which provides both more comprehensive

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multi-scale

cross-scale perspective
new tools in modeling

intersection of

new approaches to ...

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* Modeling Framework to understand general stuff
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