Standardized Model Documents
Overview Documents
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. |
