The Overview Documents provide a general description of the model profiles, and the standardized format allows information to be easily compared between models. More specific aspects of the model are provided in the detail documents.
| Document |
Purpose |
| Model Overview Document |
An overview of the entire
modeling effort, including the questions the model was designed to answer. |
| Model Purpose Document |
A description of the primary and secondary
purposes and problems the model was designed for. |
| Parameter Overview Document |
An overview of the parameters
that inform the model. Specific parameter values are not documented here, only the broad inputs in the
domain of the model. |
| Assumption Overview Document |
A preliminary overview for the model's assumptions, both
explicit and implicit. |
| Component Overview Document |
An important summary of the model's major process components. |
| Output Overview Document |
An introduction to the types of outputs generated by
the model. |
| Result Overview Document |
A starting point or "reader's guide" to the various model
results. |
