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<H1>Network</H1> | <H1>Network</H1> |
<P>CAPRI builds on an open network approach. The activities are managed by | <P>CAPRI builds on an open network approach. The activities are managed by |
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<A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/britz/britz_e.htm">Wolfgang Britz</A> at the | <li><A HREF="http://www.ilr.uni-bonn.de/agpo/staff/witzke/witzke_e.htm">Heinz-Peter Witzke</A> at the |
| <A HREF="http://www.ilr.uni-bonn.de/agpo/agpo_e.htm">Institute for Food and Resource |
<A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/agpo/agpo_e.htm">Institute for Food and Resource | Economics, University of Bonn</A> |
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Economics, University of Bonn</A>. There is no formal consortium, but | <li><A HREF="https://www.ti.bund.de/en/lr/staff/scientific-staff/dr-alexander-gocht/">Alexander Gocht</A> at the |
| <A HREF="https://www.ti.bund.de/en/">Thünen Institut, Germany, Braunschweig</A></li> |
| <li><A HREF="http://www.agrifood.se/staffDetail.aspx?fKeyID=16">Torbjörn Jansson</A> at the |
| <A HREF="https://www.agrifood.se">Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)</A></li> |
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| There is so far no formal consortium, but |
institutions belonging to the network have aggreed on a distribution of tasks to maintain and update the system. Many researches have over the years | institutions belonging to the network have aggreed on a distribution of tasks to maintain and update the system. Many researches have over the years |
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contributed to CAPRI, as can be seen from the <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:capri_pub">publications</A>. This page lists only some of the network members currently working | contributed to CAPRI, as can be seen from the <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:capri_pub">publications</A>. This page lists only some of the network members currently working |
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regularly with the system. Researchers and institutions are welcome to join the network.</P> | regularly with the system. Researchers and institutions are welcome to join the network.</P> |
| <!--P>The CAPRI network is also linked to the <A HREF="http://www.seamlessassociation.org/">SEAMLESS association</A> |
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<P>The CAPRI network is also linked to the <A HREF="http://www.seamlessassociation.org/">SEAMLESS association</A> | |
and the <A HREF="http://www.agp.uni-bonn.de/agpo/rsrch/liaise/liaise_e.htm">FP VII Network of excellence LIAISE (Linking Impact Assessment Instruments to Sustainability Expertise)</A>, as well | and the <A HREF="http://www.agp.uni-bonn.de/agpo/rsrch/liaise/liaise_e.htm">FP VII Network of excellence LIAISE (Linking Impact Assessment Instruments to Sustainability Expertise)</A>, as well |
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as to the teams involved in the <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:projects">projects applying and developping CAPRI</A>. | as to the teams involved in the <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:projects">projects applying and developping CAPRI</A>. |
| CAPRI is also part of the "Integrated Modelling Platform" at <A HREF=http://agrilife.jrc.ec.europa.eu/>JRC-IPTS, AGRILIFE unit</A>.</P--> |
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CAPRI is also part of the "Integrated Modelling Platform" at <A HREF=http://agrilife.jrc.ec.europa.eu/>JRC-IPTS, AGRILIFE unit</A>.</P> | <p>The network consists of the following persons or teams:</p> |
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| <H3>Bonn University and Eurocare, Germany</H3> |
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| <P><A HREF="http://www.ilr.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/Adenaeuer/Adenaeuer_e.htm">Marcel Adenaeuer</A><P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.ilr.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/heckelei/heckelei_e.htm">Thomas Heckelei</A><P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.ilr.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/Kempen/Kempen_e.htm">Markus Kempen</A><P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.ilr.uni-bonn.de/agpo/staff/witzke/witzke_e.htm">Heinz-Peter Witzke</A><P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.eurocare-bonn.de/team/zintl/zintl.htm">Andrea Zintl</A><P> |
| <P>Christian Götz</A><P> |
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| <H3><a href="https://www.ti.bund.de/en/">Thünen Institut</a>, Braunschweig, Germany</H3> |
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| <P><A HREF="https://www.ti.bund.de/en/lr/staff/scientific-staff/dr-alexander-gocht/">Alexander Gocht</A><P> |
| <P><A HREF="https://www.ti.bund.de/en/lr/staff/scientific-staff/m-sc-sebastian-neuenfeldt/">Sebastian Neuenfeld</A><P> |
| <P><A HREF="https://www.ti.bund.de/en/lr/staff/scientific-staff/m-sc-lilli-aline-schroeder/">Lilli Schroeder</A><P> |
| <P>Sandra Marquardt</A><P> |
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| <H3>Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden, Uppsala</H3> |
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| <P><A HREF="http://www.agrifood.se/staffDetail.aspx?fKeyID=16">Torbjörn Jansson</A><P> |
| </ul> |
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| <P><A HREF="http://www.agrifood.se/staffDetail.aspx?fKeyID=1197">Ida Nordin</A><P> |
| </ul> |
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| <P><A HREF="http://www.agrifood.se/staffDetail.aspx?fKeyID=1194">Dennis Lood</A><P> |
| </ul> |
| <H3>Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Sevilla, Spain</H3> |
| <ul> |
| <P>Ignacio Perez<P> |
| <P>Mihaly Himics<P> |
| </ul> |
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| <H3>Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain</H3> |
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<H3>The current team in Bonn</H3> | |
<ul> | <ul> |
| <A HREF="http://blancomaria.wordpress.com/">Maria Blanco</A><P> |
<P><A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/Adenaeuer/Adenaeuer_e.htm">Marcel Adenaeuer</A><P> | <P>Pilar Martinez<P> |
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<P><A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/Becker/Becker_e.htm">Arno Becker</A><P> | |
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<P><A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/britz/britz_e.htm">Wolfgang Britz</A><P> | |
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<P><A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/heckelei/heckelei_e.htm">Thomas Heckelei</A><P> | |
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<P><A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de//agpo/staff/Kempen/Kempen_e.htm">Markus Kempen</A><P> | |
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<P><A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/agpo/staff/witzke/witzke_e.htm">Heinz-Peter Witzke</A><P> | |
</ul> | </ul> |
| <H3><A HREF=http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php?page=home/>Institute for Environment and Sustainability (JRC-IES), Ispra, Italy</A> </H3> |
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<H3>Network contact members at other institutions</H3> | |
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| <A HREF="http://ccupeople.jrc.it/leip/"></A>Adrian Leip<P> |
| <A HREF="http://ccupeople.jrc.it/weiss/"></A>Franz Weiss<P> |
| <P>Jean-Michel Terres</P> |
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<P><A HREF="http://staff.jrc.es/blancmi">Maria Blanco</A>, <A HREF=http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/>JRC-IPTS, Seville, Spain</A></P> | <H3><A HREF=http://www.nilf.no>Nilf, Oslo, Norway</A> </H3> |
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| <A HREF="http://www.nilf.no/om_nilf/Ansatte/Personer/Klaus_Mittenzwei">Klaus Mittenzwei</A> |
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<P><A HREF="http://www.vti.bund.de/en/startseite/institutes/rural-studies/staff/scientific-staff/alexander-gocht.html">Alexander Gocht</A>, <A HREF="http://www.vti.bund.de/en">VTI, Braunschweig, Germany</A><P> | <H3><A HREF=http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/ >DG-Agri, Brussels, Belgium</A> </H3> |
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| Benjamin van Doorslaer |
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<P><A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/agpo/staff/former/jansson/jansson_e.htm">Torbjoern Jansson</A>, <A HREF="http://www2.ekon.slu.se/a/aktuellt.htm">SLU, Upsala, Sweden</A></P> | <H3><A HREF="http://www.sggw.pl/en/about_employee&employee_id=1565000" > Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Warsaw, Poland </A> </H3> |
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| <A HREF="http://www.sggw.pl/en/about_employee&employee_id=1565000">Adam Was</A> |
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<P><A HREF="http://kaepp.insist.si/osebje/maja/">Maja Kozar</A>, <A HREF="http://kaepp.insist.si/index.php">University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Biotechnical faculty, Chair for Agricultural Economics, Policy and Law (UL)</A></P> | |
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<P><A HREF="http://ccupeople.jrc.it/leip/">Adrian Leip</A>, <A HREF=http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/>JRC-IES, Climate Change Unit, Ispra, Italy </A></P> | |
| <H3>Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture, Swiss</H3> |
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| <P>Giulia Listorti<P> |
| <P>Axel Tonini<P> |
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<P><A HREF="http://www.nilf.no/om_nilf/Ansatte/Personer/Klaus_Mittenzwei">Klaus Mittenzwei</A>, <A HREF=http://www.nilf.no>Nilf, Oslo, Norway</A></P> | |
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<P><A HREF=http://www.ignacioperez.eu/>Ignacio Perez</A>, <A HREF=http://www.oecd.org/agriculture>OECD, Paris, France</A></P> | |
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<P>Jean-Michel Terres, <A HREF=http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php?page=home/>JRC-IES, Ispra, Italy</A></P> | |
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<P><I>Note</I>: The list is not exhaustive.</P> | <P><I>Note</I>: The list is not exhaustive.</P> |
| <!--H3>Working as a distributed team</H3> |
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| <P>Technically, a <A HREF=http://subversion.tigris.org/>SVN</A>-Server hosted by <A HREF="http://www.ilr.uni-bonn.de/agpo/agpo_e.htm">ILR</A> allows the team members to work |
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<H3>Working as a distributed team</H3> | |
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<P>Technically, a <A HREF=http://subversion.tigris.org/>SVN</A>-Server hosted by <A HREF="http://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/agpo/agpo_e.htm">ILR</A> allows the team members to work | |
efficiently in a distributed network. The GAMS code of CAPRI, the JAVA code of its <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:gui:gui">Graphical User Interface</A>, but also the data base and statistical raw data are under version control. That allows | efficiently in a distributed network. The GAMS code of CAPRI, the JAVA code of its <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:gui:gui">Graphical User Interface</A>, but also the data base and statistical raw data are under version control. That allows |
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controling changes to the different components, and an incremental improvement of the system. It also ensures that code changes of network members are not lost, and that | controling changes to the different components, and an incremental improvement of the system. It also ensures that code changes of network members are not lost, and that |
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local installations are synchronised with the core version. The team communicates mostly via the <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:capri_talks">CAPRI mailing list</A>. | local installations are synchronised with the core version. The team communicates mostly via the <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:capri_talks">CAPRI mailing list</A>. |
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<A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:ts">Training sessions</A> allow newcomers to join the network, and existing member to update their knowledge | <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:ts">Training sessions</A> allow newcomers to join the network, and existing member to update their knowledge |
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about the system.</P> | about the system.</P> |
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<H3>Open source, learning and maintenance cost</H3> | <H3>Open source, learning and maintenance cost</H3> |
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<P>CAPRI is handled as open source. However, it is well known that license costs are often only a small part of the total costs of ownership of a software package. | <P>CAPRI is handled as open source. However, it is well known that license costs are often only a small part of the total costs of ownership of a software package. |
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Due to its richness in detail, the code base of CAPRI is rather large, and it requires a serious effort to learn using the system. | Due to its richness in detail, the code base of CAPRI is rather large, and it requires a serious effort to learn using the system. |
| The <a href="../docs/capri_documentation.pdf">documentation</A>, <A HREF="../docs/Gui2013.pdf">the user hand-book for the GUI</A>, the web-page and |
The <a href="../docs/capri_documentation.pdf">documentation</A>, <A HREF="../docs/Gui2010.pdf">the user hand-book for the GUI</A>, the web-page and | |
different types of <A HREF=/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:capri_pub>publications</A>, <A HREF=/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:ts>training sessions</A>, <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:trainingPPTs">slide collections</A> and technical tools support the learning process. | different types of <A HREF=/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:capri_pub>publications</A>, <A HREF=/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:ts>training sessions</A>, <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:trainingPPTs">slide collections</A> and technical tools support the learning process. |
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Nevertheless, the market entrance costs are considerable, | Nevertheless, the market entrance costs are considerable, |
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and newcomers may require a few months before they are familiar enough with the system to generate and analyze results on their own.</P> | and newcomers may require a few months before they are familiar enough with the system to generate and analyze results on their own.</P> |
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<P>Part of higher learning costs compared e.g. to a farm type model or a stand-alone Multi-Commodity Model are also due to combination of the | <P>Part of higher learning costs compared e.g. to a farm type model or a stand-alone Multi-Commodity Model are also due to combination of the |
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<A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:concept:supply">supply</A> and <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:concept:market">market</A> modules with their own methodologies as well as the high resolution space, products/activities and policy instruments. | <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:concept:supply">supply</A> and <A HREF="/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=capri:concept:market">market</A> modules with their own methodologies as well as the high resolution space, products/activities and policy instruments. |
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Compared to CGE, the simultaneous accounting in physical as well as monetary units and bio-physical relations/indicators add complexity. But it is the richness in detail | Compared to CGE, the simultaneous accounting in physical as well as monetary units and bio-physical relations/indicators add complexity. But it is the richness in detail |
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and the unique combination of a spatial global market model with regional/farm type programming models for Europe which explain the comparative advantage of CAPRI.</P> | and the unique combination of a spatial global market model with regional/farm type programming models for Europe which explain the comparative advantage of CAPRI.</P> |
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<P>It is in part a deliberate decision to refrain from a "push the button" approach to model usage which may trigger naive applications and signal simplicity where | <P>It is in part a deliberate decision to refrain from a "push the button" approach to model usage which may trigger naive applications and signal simplicity where |
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it does not exist. The learning time is usually well invested for the newcomer and the CAPRI network: it ensures a minimum commitment of newcomers and a certain quality of the results, | it does not exist. The learning time is usually well invested for the newcomer and the CAPRI network: it ensures a minimum commitment of newcomers and a certain quality of the results, |
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as content and concept of components and their linkages must be understood before any serious application. And it also helps to keep the network at a manageable size.</P> | as content and concept of components and their linkages must be understood before any serious application. And it also helps to keep the network at a manageable size.</P> |
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