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<accesscontrol>Members of projects</accesscontrol> Guidebook specification describes the contents of the guidebook (to be developed).

Table of Contents for the Guidebook

Guidebook (product) 1

    • Scope of the guidebook 9
  2. Assessment (universal product)
    • Scope. Why to do (impact) assessment 3, 6, 12
    • Definition
      • What is an impact assessment
      • Different assessments: HIA, RA, IA... 4-5 (possibly own articles)
  3. Impact assessment (product)
    • Scope:
      • Purpose, questions 27
      • Boundaries 29
      • Scenarios 30-33
    • Definition
      • Variables
      • Analyses
    • Result
      • Results
      • Conclusions
  4. Performing an impact assessment (process) 10
    • Scope: General methodology 10
      • description of methodology used 11
    • Definition
      • Phases of an impact assessment 16
        • Scoping an impact assessment 26
        • Applying general information
        • Drawing a causal diagram 34
        • Designing variables
        • Executing variables and analyses
        • Reporting an assessment
  5. Open participation in (risk) assessment (process) 8
  6. Causal diagram (product) 35
  7. Emissions (universal product)
  8. Exposures (universal product)
  9. Emission modelling (process) 36-39
    • Scope
    • Definition
      • How to model 37
      • Sectoral, spatial, and temporal resolution 38
  10. Source-to-exposure modelling (process) 40
    • Scope: purpose
    • Definition: Different types 41
    • See also: pointers to resource centre 42
  11. Exposure-response function (universal product) 44
    • Scope 45
    • Definition: Different types 46
  12. Exposure-response function modelling (process)
    • Scope
    • Definition: How can they be derived? 47-48
  13. Performing meta-analysis (process) 48
  14. Risk characterisation (process) 51
    • Scope
    • Definition: Selecting indicators 50
  15. Disability-adjusted life year (procuct) 52
    • Scope
    • Definition:
      • How are they derived 54
      • Alternatives 53
  16. Quality-adjusted life year (product) 52
  17. Risk perception (product) 55
  18. Multi-attribute utility analysis (process) 55
  19. Value judgement (product) 56
  20. Value-of-information analysis (process) 57
  21. Uncertainties (product)
    • Scope
    • Definition
      • Uncertainty of the result: parameter uncertainty
      • Uncertainty of the definition: model uncertainty
      • Uncertainty of the scope: relevance
  22. Uncertainty assessment (process) 39, 43, 49, 58, 65, 69
    • Scope
    • Definition
      • Qualitative methods eg pedigree matrix 71
      • Quantitative methods 72-73
      • When to use which method? 73
  23. Uncertainty tools (process) 76
  24. Propagating uncertainties (process) 72
    • Scope
    • Definition
      • Monte Carlo 72
      • Bayesian analysis 72
  25. Monetary value (product) 59
    • Scope: Why do we need monetary values 60
      • Boundaries: Why do we choose monetary values and not utility points? 61
    • Definition: How are monetary values derived 63
  26. Discounting (process?) 64
  27. Cost-benefit analysis (product) 62
  28. Reporting an assessment (process) 67
    • Scope
    • Definition
      • Reporting uncertainties 70, 73
  29. Stakeholder involvement (process) 68
  30. Impacts (product) 77
    • Scope
    • Definition
      • Health impacts
      • Global warming 78
      • Accidents 79
      • Exosystems and biodiversity 80
  31. Health impacts (universal product)

Article templates

What are processes and products?

The guidance system will be composed of pages related to processes, and pages related to products, perhaps complemented with a few so-called ‘glue pages’, which could contain information that is not easily captured in the process/product structure.

A process is a method (tool, model, calculation, formal discussion, etc) in which various inputs are formed into a new product; the output. A process is “something you do”.

A product is both the input as well as the output of a process, and is a representation of reality (it can – at least in theory – be validated against reality).

Processes can lead to various products and products can be developed in various processes (there is not necessarily a 1 -1 relationship between processes and products)

(I did not think at all about nice words for these definitions, because I’m quite sure KTL has them already!)

Process/ product structure in Intarese

Elements of the Intarese method as developed in SP1 relate to either a process, or a product, or both. The graph below gives an idea of processes and products as developed in the Intarese project (graph should be improved/updated, if we want to present such a graph!) . For all processes and products, information needs to be provided in the guidance system.

When there is a clear 1 – 1 relationship between process and product (eg DALY process – DALY product), we will only ask for description of either process or product, in order to avoid confusion. When there is no such direct 1 – 1 relationship, we will ask for separate description of process and product. An example of this is the process meta analysis, and the product exposure response function (ERF). Even though the process of meta analysis can lead to an estimation of the ERF, the meta analysis can also lead to an estimation of another product (eg severity weight), and an ERF (the product) can also be derived from another process (eg expert judgment).


Example: products and processes in Intarese guidance system


Template: process

Summary
The summary of a process is a very short overview of the process, and may contain all types of information that are considered relevant for this specific process (max words: …?)
Name
The name of the process should be unique (there should not be two processes with identical names). The name should be chosen so that it is descriptive, unambiguous and not easily confused with other products/ processes. (max words: …?)
Scope
The scope of the process describes its purpose: what is the process to be used for? This includes a verbal definition of the process and its expected output, including – if applicable – its spatial, temporal, or other limits (system boundaries). (max words: …?)
This section may contain a link (more?) to further background information about the process, eg its history, current practice, etc) (or where do we put this background info?)
Definition
The actual process – how it works – is described in the process’ definition. It consists of sub-attributes to describe the causal relations, data used to estimate the result, and the mathematical formula to calculate the result. The definition uses algebra or other explicit methods if possible. It also contains links top other processes or products that are related, or function as input to the process, as well as to the resource centre. (max words: …?)
Results
The result section shortly describes the product of the process, which should match with the result as described in the scope. It furthermore links – if applicable – to the product. (max words: …?)
See also
See also links to pages (both internal and external) which relate to the process subject. All subjects that could be relevant for readers of this page can be listed here.
References
All references, as used in the texts above.

Template: product

Summary
The summary of a product is a very short description of the product, and may contain all types of information that are considered relevant for this specific product (max words: …?)
Name
The name of the product should be unique (there should not be two processes with identical names). The name should be chosen so that it is descriptive, unambiguous and not easily confused with other products/ processes. (max words: …?)
Scope
The scope of the product gives the exact definition of the product. This includes a verbal definition of the product, including – if applicable – its spatial, temporal, or other limits (system boundaries). (max words: …?)

This section may contain a link (more?) to further background information about the product, eg its history, current practice, etc) (or where do we put this background info?)

Definition
This section links to the process(es) that (may) lead to this product, explaining shortly what these processes involve (max words: …?)
Results
Leave this section out?
See also
See also links to pages (both internal and external) which relate to the product. All subjects that could be relevant for readers of this page can be listed here.
References
All references, as used in the texts above.
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