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Mandate and publisher

Systems Science and Modelling is published by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI). This page sets out the platform’s mandate, publisher, limits and current state. The platform home gives the overview.

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STEM methods
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Canonical methods this field applies
Topics
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Subject pages in the field
Counterparts
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Platforms in shared fields across the network
Report series
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Reports series it contributes to
01Contents

Mandate and publisher in four parts.

In this dossier4 parts
  1. 01MandateThe methods that every field depends on
  2. 02Publisher and statusWho is responsible, and what state the platform is in
  3. 03LimitsWhat the platform does not do
  4. 04Development pathHow the platform opens
02Mandate

The methods that every field depends on.

The platform’s mandate is the shared mathematical and engineering foundation of the Nexus fields: how coupled systems are modelled, tested, validated and explained. Its methods are systems engineering, uncertainty quantification, network and complex-systems modelling, optimisation, and model validation and intercomparison.

It was added in the V4 architecture because the field platforms all depend on modelling but no community owned the methods themselves. It is the STEM methods commons that connects every platform and the Foundry DSS and Labs systems.

03Publisher and status

Who is responsible, and what state the platform is in.

ItemFact
PublisherThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Platform statusEstablished: a specialist platform at its canonical address
Service levelInformation and enquiries
Contactthe contact form for the Consortium Secretariat; the research collaboration form for research
AddressToronto, ON M4R 1V2
04Limits

What the platform does not do.

  • It does not certify, approve or license models, software or modellers.
  • It does not own the field models of other platforms; it documents methods for comparing and coupling them.
  • It does not make or endorse decisions based on model outputs.
  • It does not claim studies, protocols or participants before their records exist.

Governance, corrections and integrity routes are on GCRI governance and trust and the platform’s trust page.

05Development path

How the platform opens.

  1. 01

    Charter and editor

    A distinct charter and an expert editor for systems science.

  2. 02

    First methods

    Method notes starting with uncertainty and validation and reproducible modelling.

  3. 03

    First intercomparison

    A designed cross-field intercomparison, opened with a published protocol.

06Questions

Questions and answers.

Why is this a GCRI platform?
Because modelling methods are science. GRA’s counterpart, Actuarial and Quantitative Risk, covers quantitative methods in financial risk.
When will the platform open?
No date is set. It is a Wave 1 candidate and opens in stages as its charter, editor and content are ready.
Who do I contact?
The research team at the research collaboration form. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.
Will the platform publish code?
Method notes and teaching material are designed to come with code and data where licences allow, so that results can be re-run. Each release states what is shared and what is not.
Can a modelling group join an intercomparison now?
Not yet. Each intercomparison opens with a published protocol. Groups can register interest by enquiry; the acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.
Systems Science and Modelling

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Information and enquiries are open today. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.

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