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Models and Communication in the Policy Process

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Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM 2011)

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Policy-making is a complex process that involves a variety of actors. Several difficulties of various nature intervene in such process, making the identification and implementation of successful policies especially difficult. The usefulness of models in addressing technical obstacles related to the incorrect understanding of the issues and inferring of policy impacts have been broadly investigated [1,2]. Beyond facilitating technical aspects of the policy process, models can also facilitate communication among actors involved in such process.

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  1. Millennium Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

    Matteo Pedercini

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  1. Fundación IMDEA Software, Facultad de Informatica (UPM), Campus Montegancedo, 28660, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

    Gilles Barthe

  2. Instituto de Computación, Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ingeniería, Julio Herrera y Reissig 565 - Piso 5, 11300, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Alberto Pardo

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Kunskapsgatan 3, 41756, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Gerardo Schneider

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Pedercini, M. (2011). Models and Communication in the Policy Process. In: Barthe, G., Pardo, A., Schneider, G. (eds) Software Engineering and Formal Methods. SEFM 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7041. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24690-6_4

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