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The NRC hosted a Federal interagency workshop on multimedia environmental softwaresystems and data systems. The "Environmental Software Systems Compatibility and LinkageWorkshop" was held at NRC 's Professional Development Center in Rockville, MD, on March7-9, 2000. The environmental software systems that were discussed are used to evaluatecontaminant release, transport and health effects through various media (hence multimediarefers to air, ground, and surface water) and environmental pathways to the public. A majormotivation for the workshop was the desire of the participating Federal agencies to realizeefficiencies and cost savings by utilizing existing models, systems, and databases developed intheir programs, rather than developing totally new systems.
The discipline of Integrated Environmental Modelling (IEM) has developed in order to solve complex environmental problems, for example understanding the impacts of climate change on the physical environment. IEM provides methods to fuse or link models together, this in turn requires facilities to make models discoverable and also to make the outputs of modelling easily visualized. The vision and challenges for IEM going forward are summarized by leading proponents. Several case studies describe the application of model fusion to a range of real-world problems including integrating groundwater and recharge models within the UK Environment Agency, and the development of ‘catastrophe’ models to predict better the impact of natural hazards. Communicating modelling results to end users who are often not specialist modellers is also an emerging area of research addressed within the volume. Also included are papers that highlight current developments of the technology platforms underpinning model fusion.
Governments around the world are passing laws requiring industry to assess the toxicity of the chemicals and products they produce, but to do so while reducing, refining, or even replacing testing on animals. To meet these requirements, experimental toxicologists and risk assessors are adopting quantitative approaches and computer simulations to study the biological fate and effects of chemicals and drugs. In Quantitative Modeling in Toxicology leading experts outline the current state of knowledge on the modeling of dose, tissue interactions and tissue responses. Each chapter describes the mathematical foundation, parameter estimation, challenges and perspectives for development, along with the presentation of a modeling template. Additionally, tools and approaches for conducting uncertainty, sensitivity and variability analyses in these models are described. Topics covered include: the quantitative models of pharmacokinetics of individual chemicals and mixtures models for toxicant-target tissue interaction. models for cellular, organ, and organism responses. approaches, tools and challenges for model application and evaluation A website containing computer codes accompanies the book to help the reader reconstruct the models described and discussed in the various chapters. Quantitative Modeling in Toxicology serves as an essential reference source and tool box for risk assessors and researchers and students in toxicology, public health, pharmacology, and human toxicology interested in developing quantitative models for a better understanding of dose-response relationships.
The editors provide a review of the programming environments for parallel computers with the help of worldwide specialists in each domain. Four different domains were discussed at the workshop, and they each form a part of this book.
Covering some of the most mature and widely used multimedia software technology products and approaches designed to support brownfields and hazardous waste site decision makers, this volume describes software tools and methods, and illustrates applications. Contributions were first presented at the Second International Brownfields Conference.