Cooperation in Mediterranean systems research

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to suggest methods of analysis which could be used as the basis for the co-operation of several Mediterranean Universities and other research institutions. Each could assign itself part of the global task and later one or two workers from each institute could meet and carry out the subsequent integrating of the various outcomes into one model (e.g. a simulation and forecasting model) or other analytical tool (e.g. a checklist of important factors, a tree-graph of causes and effects and event probabilities). Such a tool could then, while undergoing continual elaboration and updating, be used as the basis for the co-ordination and management tasks of a central Mediterranean institution of the type that has recently been proposed.