Facilitating Interdisciplinary Modelling of Complex Problems

In this paper the system-decomposition method is presented, which facilitates the process of modeling of complex systems by multidisciplinary teams. Such modeling is non-trivial, because these teams must codify knowledge from different scientific disciplines in order to create models that exhibit realistic behaviour. The system-decomposition method has been developed to facilitate the creation of a standard interface for and between researchers, model parts find computer model, code. The method was applied to three different complex system modeling efforts. The remits demonstrate that It reduces modeling costs, improves model quality and enables the integration of knowledge in multidisciplinary teams, the models they produce and the actual written computer code