/EDS230_EnvironmentalModeling

Bren School EDS230 Environmental Modeling course covers designing a new model and evaluating existing models with emphasis on best practices, such as sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, that help to design and use models to reliably.

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EDS230 Environmental Modeling

Course learning objectives

  • Gain familiarity with different types of models and the situations where you might use them
  • Understand how to choose the ‘right model’ for the job
  • Know how to build simple models including
    • input-output models
    • basic dynamic models
    • matrix models
  • Gain some basic skills that are useful in applying models including
    • parameter sensitivity analysis
    • uncertainty analysis
    • model calibration and evaluation