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Integrated Assessment Models of Global Change [PDF]

open access: yes
Integrated Assessment Models of Global Change (IAM) are computer models which integrate sets of equations describing the interwoven evolution of the different sub-systems making up the Earth system:-human production systems and their economic ...
Pierre Matarasso
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The pitch-heave dynamics of transportation vehicles [PDF]

open access: yes, 1975
The analysis and design of suspensions for vehicles of finite length using pitch-heave models is presented. Dynamic models for the finite length vehicle include the spatial distribution of the guideway input disturbance over the vehicle length, as well ...
Richardson, H. H., Sweet, L. M.
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Flora robotica -- An Architectural System Combining Living Natural Plants and Distributed Robots

open access: yes, 2017
Key to our project flora robotica is the idea of creating a bio-hybrid system of tightly coupled natural plants and distributed robots to grow architectural artifacts and spaces.
Ayres, Phil   +15 more
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The communication of meaning in social systems

open access: yes, 2008
The sociological domain is different from the psychological one insofar as meaning can be communicated at the supra-individual level (Schutz, 1932; Luhmann, 1984). The computation of anticipatory systems enables us to distinguish between these domains in
Aoki   +47 more
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Assessing Impacts of Payments for Watershed Services on Sustainability in Coupled Human and Natural Systems [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2015
Heidi Asbjornsen   +6 more
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Sociohydrologic Systems Thinking: An Analysis of Undergraduate Students’ Operationalization and Modeling of Coupled Human-Water Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
One of the keys to science and environmental literacy is systems thinking. Learning how to think about the interactions between systems, the far-reaching effects of a system, and the dynamic nature of systems are all critical outcomes of science learning.
Forbes, Cory T., Lally, Diane
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Revisiting the Gaia hypothesis: Maximum Entropy, Kauffman's 'Fourth Law' and physiosemeiosis [PDF]

open access: yes
Recently, Kleidon suggested a restatement of the Gaia hypothesis based on Maximum Entropy approaches to the Earth system. Refuting conceptions of Gaia as a homeostatic system, Gaia is seen as a non-equilibrium thermodynamic system which continuously ...
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten
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An Integrated Multi-Model Decision Support Framework for Evaluating Ecosystem-Based Management Options for Coupled Human-Natural Systems [PDF]

open access: gold, 2020
Robert B. McKane   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

A High‐Performance Coupled Human And Natural Systems (CHANS) Model for Flood Risk Assessment and Reduction

open access: yesWater Resources Research
In recent years, flood risk in urban areas has been rapidly increasing due to unsustainable urban development, changes of hydrological processes and frequent occurrence of extreme weather events.
Haoyang Qin   +3 more
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