Multi-Domain Design Structure Matrix Approach Applied to Urban System Modeling

Urban Science

Keishiro Hara¹  Ingenuin Gasser²  Peter Hoffmann²  Kikuo Fujita³  Kana Sawai³  Yutaka Nomaguchi³  Markus Quante⁴  AnneCaroline Krefis⁵  Philine Gaffron⁶  Benjamin Bechtel⁷  Myriam Albrecht⁷  Malte von Szombathely⁷  Jürgen Scheffran⁷  KatharinaHeinke Schlünzen⁸  Jana Fischereit⁸ 

[1] Center for Future Innovation (CFi), Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan;Department of Mathematics, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan;Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany;Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany;Institute for Transport Planning and Logistics, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), 21071 Hamburg, Germany;Institute of Geography, Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;Meteorological Institute, Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;

关键词: urban system;    design structure matrix;    integrated modeling;    urban well-being;    urban health;    interface determination;   

DOI  :  10.3390/urbansci4020028

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Modeling the urban system for urban health and well-being with the aim of finding ways to optimize the well-being of urban dwellers is a complex task. Different modeling approaches that consider specific parts of the urban system, e.g., environmental stressors, urban society, and urban morphology, need to be integrated. The conceptual model of health-related urban well-being (UrbWellth) has been constructed to provide a structure for an integrated modeling framework. However, interfaces between the different modeling approaches were not sufficiently identified until now. The challenge to specify and operationalize these interfaces is met by using the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) concept, which is widely used in design engineering. It is used here to identify necessary interfaces within the urban system by determining the relevant interface variables and processes. The conceptual model for UrbWellth is used to construct a DSM. The results of a clustering of this UrbWellth-based DSM reveal that the structure of the conceptual model is indeed suitable to serve as a basis for an integrated model. Further, a Multi-Domain DSM (MDDSM), which is an extension of the DSM based on expert knowledge from individual modelers, identified the interface variables for the integrated model components as well as the processes for which different modeling approaches need to be coordinated. Moreover, the approach based on MDDSM identified processes that are not yet covered by the available modeling approaches.

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