Subscribe to RSS Feed (Opens in New Window)

Schedule
2014
Monday, June 16th
9:00 AM

Calibration of simulation platforms including highly interweaved processes: the MAELIA multi-agent platform

Romain Lardy, UMR 5505 IRIT, CNRS, University of Toulouse
Pierre Mazzega, UMR5563 GET, IRD-UPS-CNRS-CNES, OMP, Universidad de Brasilia
Christophe Sibertin-Blanc, UMR 5505 IRIT, CNRS, University of Toulouse
Yves Auda, UMR5563 GET, IRD-UPS-CNRS-CNES, OMP
José-Miguel Sanchez-Perez, Laboratoire Ecologie fonctionnelle et Environnement, CNRS, UMR EcoLab
Sabine Sauvage, Laboratoire Ecologie fonctionnelle et Environnement, CNRS, UMR EcoLab
Olivier Therond, UMR 1248 AGIR, INRA-INPT

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

9:00 AM

Investigating Parameter Sensitivity for Management in Snow-Driven Watersheds

Elizabeth Houle, University of Colorado Boulder
Joseph Kasprzyk, University of Colorado Boulder

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

9:00 AM

Multiscale Spatial Sensitivity Analysis for Agent-Based Modelling of Coupled Landscape and Aquatic Systems

Arika Ligmann-Zielinska, Michigan State University
Wei Liu, Michigan State University
Daniel B. Kramer, Michigan State University
Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Michigan State University
Patricia A. Soranno, Michigan State University
Piotr Jankowski, San Diego State University
Seda Salap, San Diego State University

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

9:00 AM

Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of a plant-wide model for carbon and energy footprint of wastewater treatment plants

Giorgio Mannina, Universita di Palermo
Alida Cosenza, Universita di Palermo
Riccardo Gori, University of Florence
Reza Sobhani, University of California, Irvine
Manel Garrido, University of California, Irvine
Diego Rosso, University of California, Irvine

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:40 AM

APEX-CUTE: An Auto-calibration and Uncertainty Analysis Tool for the APEX Model

Xiuying Wang, Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Haw Yen, Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

10:40 AM

Feedback versus uncertainty

Ronald R. P. van Nooijen, Delft University of Technology
Markus Hrachowitz, Delft University of Technology
Alla G. Kolechkina, Delft University of Technology

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

10:40 AM

Overview and Application of the Model Optimization, Uncertainty, and SEnsitivity Analysis (MOUSE) Toolbox

James C. Ascough II, USDA-ARS-NPA, Agricultural Systems Research Unit
Christian Fischer, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Nathan Lighthart, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Olaf David, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Timothy R. Green, USDA-ARS-NPA, Agricultural Systems Research Unit
Sven Kralisch, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

10:40 AM

Slow or rapid collapse? Transients between stable states as a source of uncertainty in predicting ecosystem shifts

Derek Karssenberg, Utrecht University

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

2:00 PM

A Simple and Effective Approach to Global Sensitivity Analysis Based on Conditional Output Distributions

Francesca Pianosi, University of Bristol
Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

2:00 PM

Are the driving forces of hydrological models really driving the model output?

Jiri Nossent, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Department Mobility and Public Works, Flemish Government, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Willy Bauwens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Fernando Pereira, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Department Mobility and Public Works, Flemish Government
Toon Verwaest, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Department Mobility and Public Works, Flemish Government
Frank Mostaert, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Department Mobility and Public Works, Flemish Government

Session C1: Complexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Intergrated Environmental Models

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

2:00 PM

Global sensitivity analysis in environmental water quality modelling: Where do we stand?

Giorgio Mannina, Universita di Palermo
Alida Cosenza, Universita di Palermo
Manandraitsiory Randrianantoandro, Universite Laval
Franҫois Anctil, Universite Laval
Marc B. Neumann, Basque Centre for Climate Change, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science
Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Universite Laval

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

2:00 PM

Model structure sensitivity of river water quality models for urban drainage impact assessment

Frank Blumensaat, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Jana Seydel, Technische Universitat Dresden
Peter Krebs, Technische Universitat Dresden
Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Universite Laval

Session C1: Compexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

3:40 PM

Complexity regularized hydrological model selection

Saket Pande, Delft University of Technology
Liselot Arkesteijn, Delft University of Technology
Luis A. Bastidas, Delft University of Technology

Session C1: Complexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM

3:40 PM

Physically based landslide susceptibility models with different degree of complexity: calibration and verification

Giuseppe Formetta, University of Calabria
Giovanna Capparelli, University of Calabria
Riccardo Rigon, University of Trento
Pasquale Versace, University of Calabria

Session C1: Complexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM

3:40 PM

Residential mobility and model complexity - an agent-based modelling experiment on a small shrinking town in Eastern Germany

Carsten M. Buchmann, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Nina Schwarz, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

Session C1: Complexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM

Tuesday, June 17th
9:00 AM

Operational Flash Flood Warning Systems with Global Applicability

Theresa M. Modrick, Hydrologic Research Center
Rochelle Graham, Hydrologic Research Center
Eylon Shamir, Hydrologic Research Center
Robert Jubach, Hydrologic Research Center
Cristopher R. Spencer, Hydrologic Research Center
Jason A. Sperfslage, Hydrologic Research Center
Konstantine P. Georgakakos, Hydrologic Research Center

Session C1: Complexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

9:00 AM

Practical identifiability analysis of environmental models

Stefano Marsili-Libelli, University of Florence
Michael B. Beck, University of Georgia
Philip Brunner, Université de Neuchâtel
Barry Croke, Australian National University
Joseph Guillaume, Australian National University
Anthony Jakeman, Australian National University
John Jakeman, Sandia National Laboratories
Karel Keesman, Wageningen University
Hans Stigter, Wageningen University

Session C1: Complexity, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Issues in Integrated Environmental Models

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Thursday, June 19th
9:00 AM

Innovative Techniques for Quantitative Scenarios in Energy and Environmental Research: a Review

Evelina Trutnevyte, University College London, UCL Energy Institute
Célene Guivarch, Cired, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech

Session C2: Accounting for Uncertainty in Decision Support by Treating Model Assumptions as Scenarios

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

9:00 AM

Qualitative Reasoning Models to Summarize and Compare Metapopulation Theories

Isabella Gontijo Sá-Leão, University of Brasilia
Adriano Souza, University of Brasilia
Fernando Goulart, Universtiy of Brasilia
Paulo Salles, University of Brasilia

Session C2: Accounting for Uncertainty in Decision Support by Treating Model Assumptions as Scenarios

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:40 AM

Enhancing the policy relevance of scenarios through a dynamic analytical approach

Céline Guivarch, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Cired
Vanessa Schweizer, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), University of Waterloo
Julia Rozenberg, Cired

Session C2: Accounting for Uncertainty in Decision Support by Treating Model Assumptions as Scenarios

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM

10:40 AM

Global sensitivity analysis of key parameters in a process-based sugarcane growth model - A Bayesian approach

Justin Sexton, James Cook University
Yvette Everingham, James Cook University

Session C2: Accounting for Uncertainty in Decision Support by Treating Model Assumptions as Scenarios

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM

10:40 AM

Hypothesis Testing for Management: Evolving and Answering Closed Questions Using Multiobjective Visualization

Joseph Kasprzyk, University of Colorado Boulder
Joseph Guillaume, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Australian National University
Joshua Kollat, DecisionVis
Chris Danilo, DecisionVis

Session C2: Accounting for Uncertainty in Decision Support by Treating Model Assumptions as Scenarios

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM