scholarly journals Elements of a computational infrastructure for social simulation

2010 ◽  
Vol 368 (1925) ◽  
pp. 3797-3812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Birkin ◽  
Rob Procter ◽  
Rob Allan ◽  
Sean Bechhofer ◽  
Iain Buchan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Simulation Modelling ◽  
Social Simulation ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
Modelling Data ◽  
Research And Policy

Applications of simulation modelling in social science domains are varied and increasingly widespread. The effective deployment of simulation models depends on access to diverse datasets, the use of analysis capabilities, the ability to visualize model outcomes and to capture, share and re-use simulations as evidence in research and policy-making. We describe three applications of e-social science that promote social simulation modelling, data management and visualization. An example is outlined in which the three components are brought together in a transport planning context. We discuss opportunities and benefits for the combination of these and other components into an e-infrastructure for social simulation and review recent progress towards the establishment of such an infrastructure.

scholarly journals Data Management of Confidential Data

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 265-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Lagoze ◽  
William C. Block ◽  
Jeremy Williams ◽  
John Abowd ◽  
Lars Vilhuber
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Genome Data ◽  
External Data ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Confidential Data ◽  
Federal Data

Social science researchers increasingly make use of data that is confidential because it contains linkages to the identities of people, corporations, etc. The value of this data lies in the ability to join the identifiable entities with external data, such as genome data, geospatial information, and the like. However, the confidentiality of this data is a barrier to its utility and curation, making it difficult to fulfil US federal data management mandates and interfering with basic scholarly practices, such as validation and reuse of existing results. We describe the complexity of the relationships among data that span a public and private divide. We then describe our work on the CED2AR prototype, a first step in providing researchers with a tool that spans this divide and makes it possible for them to search, access and cite such data.

scholarly journals Catalogue of Pests and Pathogens of Trees on the Island of Ireland

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard O'Hanlon ◽  
Cathal Ryan ◽  
James Choiseul ◽  
Archie K. Murchie ◽  
Christopher Williams
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Plant Health ◽  
Plant Pests ◽  
Plant Pest ◽  
International Regulations ◽  
History Of ◽  
Native Invasive ◽  
Research And Policy

Trees provide key ecosystem services, but the health and sustainability of these plants is under increasing biotic and abiotic threat, including from the growing incidences of non-native invasive plant pests (including pathogens). The island of Ireland (Ireland and Northern Ireland) is generally accepted to have a high plant health status, in part due to its island status and because of the national and international regulations aimed at protecting plant health. To establish a baseline of the current pest threats to tree health for the island of Ireland, the literature and unpublished sources were reviewed to produce a dataset of pests of trees on the island of Ireland. The dataset contains 396 records of pests of trees on the island of Ireland, the majority of pests being arthropods and fungi, and indicating potentially more than 44 non-native pest introductions. The reliability of many (378) of the records was judged to be high, therefore the dataset provides a robust assessment of the state of pests of trees recorded on the island of Ireland. We analyse this dataset and review the history of plant pest invasions, including (i) discussion on notable native and non-native pests of trees, (ii) pest interceptions at borders and (iii) pests and climate change. The dataset establishes an important baseline for the knowledge of plant pests on the island of Ireland, and will be a valuable resource for future plant health research and policy making.

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