The GDSI aims at providing innovation in scientific research on decision support with a particular focus on cross-disciplinary issues. In particular, the following objectives are formulated:
Development of a Generic Framework
A generic framework for sustainability- and risk-informed decision support shall be established. It shall include methodical guidelines and methods in regard to: decision rationale, governance, knowledge and uncertainty representation, decision modeling, system representation, system analysis.
Implementation of an Open Decision Support Platform
Building on knowledge from stakeholders and literature an Open Decision Support Platform will be established. On the platform relevant data, assessment methods and models, risk and sustainability metrics are organized and made available to the public. The generic framework is also published on this platform.
Applications
The generic framework is applied to several application domains in the context of research as well as consulting activities. Possible applications include the implementation of food production systems, natural hazards risk management, climate adaption and transport infrastructure management.