Three questions to ask before using model outputs for decision support

Decision makers must have sufficient confidence in models if they are to influence their decisions. We propose three screening questions to critically evaluate models with respect to their purpose, organization, and evidence. They enable a more transparent, robust, and secure use of model outputs.

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Autores principales: Grimm, Volker, Johnston, Alice S. A., Thulke, H.-H., Forbes, V. E., Thorbek, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7527986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17785-2
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spelling pubmed-75279862020-10-19 Three questions to ask before using model outputs for decision support Grimm, Volker Johnston, Alice S. A. Thulke, H.-H. Forbes, V. E. Thorbek, P. Nat Commun Comment Decision makers must have sufficient confidence in models if they are to influence their decisions. We propose three screening questions to critically evaluate models with respect to their purpose, organization, and evidence. They enable a more transparent, robust, and secure use of model outputs. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7527986/ /pubmed/32999285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17785-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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