Decision analysis: practice and promise
Management Science
On simulation model complexity
Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation
An appropriateness framework for the Dutch Meuse decision support system
Environmental Modelling & Software
Does high forecast uncertainty preclude effective decision support?
Environmental Modelling & Software
Choosing the best model: Level of detail, complexity, and model performance
Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
An appropriateness framework for the Dutch Meuse decision support system
Environmental Modelling & Software
Environmental Modelling & Software
Assessment of data availability influence on integrated urban drainage modelling uncertainty
Environmental Modelling & Software
An analytical framework to assist decision makers in the use of forest ecosystem model predictions
Environmental Modelling & Software
Environmental Modelling & Software
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Models are essential in a decision support system for river basin management. In a decision support system for integrated planning and management, the use of appropriate models is important to avoid models being either too simple or too complex. In this paper, appropriate models refer to models that are good-enough-but-not-more-than-that to obtain an acceptable ranking of river engineering measures under uncertainty. A systematic approach called 'appropriateness framework' is proposed to determine appropriate models that can be used in a decision support system. The approach is applied to a decision support system for the Dutch Meuse River. One important component of this decision support system, flood safety, is used in this paper to demonstrate how this approach works. The results show that the approach is very useful in helping to determine appropriate models. Potential applications of the approach in other decision support systems are discussed. The approach presented in this paper is designed as a tool to stimulate the communication between decision makers and modelers and to promote the use of models in decision-making for river basin management.