http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4462 Publications of Auteurs Armin Leopold fr 0 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4478 This paper presents a system dynamics model which shows that there seem to be rational reasons for hesitation to invest in resource-saving projects. In contrast to classical marketing approaches dealing with decreasing resource and product prices a new kind of follower advantages in a market of increasing resource prices may constitute a waiting game which in turn can significantly delay the deployment of sustainable technologies. This new kind of follower advantages and the related hesitation to introduce a potential resource-saving new technology may be significant when anticipating the market diffusion of such a technology or designing policy to foster green economy. A price shock of resources, as shown by model simulations, might be a possible way to switch back from such a waiting game to a preemption game. Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:03:11 +0200 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:03:22 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4478 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4459 In this paper we present an innovative concept and prototype of a web platform which supports participatory modelling in the decision-making processes in the field of environmental modelling and simulation. Participatory modelling needs usually face-to-face participatory modelling sessions. In comparison to classical approaches, the platform presented in this paper shall facilitate web-based collaborative and cumulative modelling when such face-to-face sessions cannot be organised as often as desired. Successive iteration steps of the model development can thus be displayed interactively in a standard web browser together with comments and explanations made by the modeller. The platform strengthens the support of formal model construction and documentation on the one hand and reduces the effort of model re-publishing on the other hand. These approaches are discussed and characterised in the following contribution. Furthermore this platform shall be used to support participatory modelling and decision-making processes in the field of sustainable development, especially in the context of anticipatory systems Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:14:16 +0200 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:14:28 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4459