A model management system to support policy analysis

摘要

Model Management Systems are usually discussed in the context of DSS, focusing on the decision maker. But MMS is also useful in large scale policy analyses where there is no single individual decision maker and there are significant problems of communication, coordination, and learning. The use of MMS in support of policy analysis suggests a set of goals for design, and the paper describes a particular MMS that was built to operate with micro-analytic simulation models. The description is based on a framework of steps in using an MMS and gives brief overviews of the information with which the system deals and how users work with the system.