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WHAT IF…

Global ClimateModel

RegionalClimate Model

InfectionRate Model

Human Population Density and Distribution Model

Vector NicheModel

Infection Rates

How will CC affect infection rateof dengue fever in Vietnam?

Deforestation/Disturbance Model

Observational Data(environment &vector distribution)

Data Data

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SocioeconomicFossil Fuel Use Model

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ELEMENTS …

Business Process

Data

Model

Link/Interface

How will CC affect infection rateof dengue fever in Vietnam?

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GENERAL USE CASE

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• Create or Edit an abstract BP

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• Compile the abstract BP

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Define and run a Business Process to answer to “What if..”

BPBrokers

WF engineBP editor

Middleware

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ELEMENTS …

Business Process

Data

Model

Link/Interface

Vocabularies

How will CC affect infection rateof dengue fever in Vietnam?

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Knowledge Base

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KNOWLEDGE BASESURR is a knowledge base Application = BP (with User’s

feedbacks) Lexicon = Vocabulary

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UNCERTWEB BP BROKER

BP Editor

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BP library

Component library

URR

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ResourcesBrokeringframework

WF engine

BP Broker

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CONCLUSIONS

• The Model Web aims to support the science of tomorrow building an ecosystem of interacting models and facing the related challenges (i.e. multidisciplinarity, scalability, etc.).

• In the Model Web users focus on high-level representations (i.e. abstract Business Processes); lower level details are in charge of the middleware.

• Building meaningful multidisciplinary BPs requires knowledge bases supporting the interaction with and between Science and Policy components

• The GEO URR can provide the knowledge (applications/BPs, lexicon/vocabularies) required to implement the GEO Model Web vision.