Systems that account for the effects of social factors in modeling the decisions and the behavior of individuals and institutions

Capacity of the formulation to be adapted to different scales/levels of aggregation (see scale/aggregation)

A set of facts and statistics that can be used across multiple scales and levels of aggregation

Scale: The extent and level of detail at which a system is analyzed. e.g. Macro-scale and micro-scale. Aggregation: The process of reducing many measures to simpler ones, thereby changing the scale of the system

The analysis of different possible outcomes of the future and associated consequences.

The process of building multiple different futures to simulate solutions to a specific problem

One of different possible situations that could exist in the future. A scenario provides the storyline that drives a solution

An institution for educating children. Schools often are the center of social life for K-12 students with their peers as well. Schools play a powerful and symbolic function in disaster recovery as well as child development more generally.

Performing physical and information-based investigation of something in order to identify possible threats and/or criticalities