Computational aspects increasingly shape environmental sciences. Actually, transdisciplinary modelling of complex and uncertain environmental systems is challenging computational science (CS) and also the science-policy interface. Large spatial-scale problems falling within this category - i.e. wide-scale transdisciplinary modelling for environment (WSTMe) - often deal with factors (a) for which deep-uncertainty may prevent usual statistical analysis of modelled quantities and need different ways for providing policy-making with science-based support. Here, practical recommendations are proposed for tempering a peculiar - not infrequently underestimated - source of uncertainty. Software errors in complex WSTMe may subtly affect the outcomes with possible consequences even on collective environmental decision-making. Semantic transparency in CS and free software are discussed as possible mitigations.
DE RIGO Daniele;
2013-03-06
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
JRC79865
1607-7962,
http://figshare.com/articles/Software_Uncertainty_in_Integrated_Environmental_Modelling_the_role_of_Semantics_and_Open_Science/155701,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC79865,
10.6084/m9.figshare.155701,
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