Papers Listed by Session

• Managing climate variability and climate change: where to next for modelling?
  Convener: Mark Howden
  • T.I. Harrold and R.N. Jones
    Generation of local-scale rainfall scenarios using changes in GCM rainfall: a refinement of the perturbation method
  • S.M. Howden, H. Meinke, B. Power and G.M. McKeon
    Risk management of wheat in a non-stationary climate: frost in Central Queensland
  • N.R. Viney, B.C. Bates, S.P. Charles, I.T. Webster, M. Bormans and S.K. Aryal
    Impacts of climate variability on riverine algal blooms
  • A. Cole, A. Parshotam, H. Roth, R. Webby and N. Botha
    Modelling human adaptation to climate variability with the aid of an influence matrix
  • S.M. Howden, P.J. Reyenga and H. Meinke
    Managing the quality of wheat grain under global change
  • A. Hood, B. Cechet, H. Hossain and K. Sheffield
    Options for Victorian agriculture in a “new” climate: pilot study linking climate change and land suitability modelling
  • I. Moffatt and A. Parnell
    Global climate change and regional simulation modelling: preliminary results from Scotland, 1970-2100
  • A-B. Baums, T. Grünwald and C. Bernhofer
    Modelling net ecosystem carbon exchange (NEE) of a forest ecosystem in Middle Europe
  • S.M. Saunders and Y. Ma
    Development and preliminary results of an explicit West Australian tropospheric photochemical model
  • P. Kathirgamanathan, R. McKibbin and R.I. McLachlan
    Inverse modelling for identifying the origin and release rate of atmospheric pollution – an optimisation approach
  • M. Azzi and H. Duc
    Trend analysis of ozone and nitrogen oxides in Sydney using a long range dependence time series model
  • H. Duc, M. Azzi and S. Quigley
    Extent of photochemical smog reaction in the Sydney metropolitan areas

• Understanding hydroclimate variability: modelling, forecasting and simulation for decision making
  Convener: Ashish Sharma
  • T.I. Harrold, A. Sharma and S. Sheather
    Generation of synthetic daily rainfall for 13 locations in Australia using a nonparametric approach
  • R. Srikanthan, A. Sharma and T. A. McMahon
    Stochastic generation of monthly rainfall data using a nonparametric approach
  • R. Mehrotra, A. Sharma and I. Cordery
    Stochastic downscaling of rainfall for use in hydrologic studies
  • F.H.S. Chiew and M.J. Leahy
    Inter-decadal pacific oscillation modulation of the impact of El Nino/Southern Oscillation on Australian rainfall and streamflow
  • R. Srikanthan, T.I. Harrold, A. Sharma and T. A. McMahon
    Comparison of two approaches for generation of daily rainfall data
  • J.E. Ruiz, A. Sharma and I. Cordery
    Upper ocean temperatures as predictors of Australian rainfall
  • A. Sharma and U. Lall
    Using model averaged probabilistic forecasts for water resources management
  • D.T. Owens, N.M. Clarkson and J.F. Clewett
    Persistence of Australian streamflow and its application to seasonal forecasts

• Modelling water in the climate system
  Convener: Jason Evans
  • J.J. Sharples and M.F. Hutchinson
    On the horizontal scale of topographic dependence of monthly Australian precipitation
  • S. Chumchean, A. Seed and A. Sharma
    Effect of storm types on radar rainfall estimates
  • J. Evans, R. Smith and R. Oglesby
    Precipitation processes in the Middle East
  • T.G. Chapman
    Estimation of evaporation in rainfall-runoff models
  • F.H.S. Chiew, T.I. Harrold, L. Siriwardena, R.N. Jones and R. Srikanthan
    Simulation of climate change impact on runoff using rainfall scenarios that consider daily
    patterns of change from GCMs
  • H. Richter, A. Western and F. Chiew
    Comparisons of soil moisture simulations from the VB95 land surface model against observations
  • V.K. Arora and G.J. Boer
    An analysis of simulated runoff and surface moisture fluxes in the CCCMA coupled
    atmosphere land surface hydrological model

• Groundwater modelling
  Convener: Vince Bidwell
  • A.D. Barr, C. Xu and R.P. Silberstein
    Construction of a vertical flux model manager for the Swan Coastal Plain
  • C. Xu, R. Silberstein and A. Barr
    Estimates of groundwater recharge beneath Banksia woodland on the Swan Coastal Plain using a vertical flux model (waves): sensitivity analysis
  • D. Rassam and M. Littleboy
    Identifying the lateral component of drainage flux in hill slopes
  • M. Littleboy, N. Herron and P. Barnett
    Applying unsaturated zone modelling to develop recharge maps for the Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales, Australia
  • J. Pollacco, and P.F. Quinn
    Constructing and optimising a parsimonious groundwater recharge model using neutron probe data
  • T-S. Tsay, S-H. Ju and C-C. Huang
    Analysis of drip irrigation uniformity by numerical simulation
  • K.L. Bristow, P.B. Charlesworth, K. Narayan, L.K. Stewart, F.J. Cook and J.W. Hopmans
    A framework for improving water management in the Lower Burdekin
  • F.J. Cook, P. Fitch, P. Thorburn, P.B. Charlesworth and K.L. Bristow
    Modelling trickle irrigation: comparison of analytical and numerical models for estimation of wetting front position with time
  • L. Stewart, P.B. Charlesworth and K.L. Bristow
    Estimating nitrate leaching under a sugarcane crop using APSIM-SWIM
  • K.A. Narayan, C. Schleeberger, P.B. Charlesworth and K.L. Bristow
    Effects of groundwater pumping on saltwater intrusion in the Lower Burdekin Delta, North Queensland
  • C.C. Daamen and G.P. Hoxley
    Linking soil water and groundwater models to investigate salinity management options
  • K. David and S. Khan
    Experimental and numerical studies to quantify groundwater salinity distribution within the saturated zone under highly saline irrigation systems
  • Y.F. Luo, S. Khan, Y.L. Cui, R. Beddek and Y. Baozhong
    Understanding transient losses from irrigation supply systems in the Yellow River Basin using a surface-groundwater interaction model
  • V.J. Bidwell
    Realistic forecasting of groundwater level, based on the eigenstructure of aquifer dynamics
  • T.G. Chapman
    Steady recharge-induced groundwater flow over a plane bed: nonlinear and linear solutions
  • D.S. Jeng, B.R. Seymour, H.T. Teo, D.A. Barry and L. Li
    New approximation for tide-induced water table fluctuations at a sloping beach
  • H.S. Lee, C.J. Matthews, R.D. Braddock, G.C. Sander and F. Gandola
    A MATLAB method of lines template for evolution equations
  • W.S. Verwoerd and G.D. Kulasiri
    Solute dispersion by 1D stepped velocity fluctuations
  • W.S. Verwoerd
    Scale-dependent dispersivity: a velocity fluctuation model

• Stream pollutant modelling
  Convener: Lachlan Newham
  • M. Matthies, J. Berlekamp, S. Lautenbach, N. Graf and S. Reimer
    Decision support system for the Elbe River water quality management
  • M.J.M. De Souza, R.E. White and B. Malcolm.
    Modelling Chlorophyll a and Phosphorus movement to avoid eutrophication in an agricultural catchment
  • C. Dougall, K. Rohde, C. Carroll, G. Millar and S. Stevens
    An assessment of land management practices that benchmark water quality targets set at a neighbourhood catchment scale using the SWAT model
  • C.J. Smith, J.B. Field, A.J. Jakeman and R.A.Letcher
    Targeting gully erosion at a catchment scale
  • S. Jha, R.B. Grayson and I.D. Rutherfurd
    Estimating catchment-scale sediment yield from bank erosion using simple distributed variables: an example from Victoria, Australia
  • L.T.H. Newham, I.P. Prosser and A.J. Jakeman
    Testing output quantities and spatial patterns of a catchment-scale stream pollutant model against collateral studies
  • B. Sivakumar
    Dynamics of sediment transport in the Mississippi River Basin: a temporal scaling analysis
  • W.E. Bardsley
    Application of stochastic methods to creating models of contaminant transport and dispersion in rivers and groundwater
  • V. Jegatheesan, G. Kastl, I. Fisher, J. Chandy and M. Angles
    Water quality modelling for drinking water distribution systems
  • F.A.M. Verdonck, D.P.L. Rousseau, D. Bixio, C. Thoeye and P.A. Vanrolleghem
    Added value of concentration-duration-frequency curves of wastewater treatment plant effluent and river water quality
  • G.A. Jenkins
    Modelling the hydraulic characteristics of artificial wetlands
  • L. Lymburner, P.B. Hairsine, A.A. Held and J.P. Walker
    Indices for assessing the spatial distribution and functions of riparian buffer zones
  • A.J. Davidson and I. Salbe
    Further development of an instream salt transport model for IQQM
  • R. Beecham, P. Arranz, J. Boddy, M. Burrell, R. Gilmore, A. Javam, J. Martin, R. O’Neill and I. Salbe
    Implementing daily salinity models in the NSW Murray Darling basin tributaries

• Interactions between field-based monitoring and modelling
  Conveners: Jeffrey McDonell and Markus Weiler
  • K. Umakhanthan and J.E. Ball
    The importance of rainfall models in catchment simulation
  • J.F. Costelloe, R.B. Grayson, T.A. McMahon and R.M. Argent
    Landscape controls on runoff and streamflow in large arid zone catchments
  • J.P. Walker, N. Ursino, R.B. Grayson and P.R. Houser
    Australian root zone soil moisture: assimilation of remote sensing observations
  • C. Rudiger, R. Davidson, M. Hemakumara, J. Walker, J. Kalma, G. Willgoose and P. Houser
    Catchment monitoring for scaling and assimilation of soil moisture and streamflow
  • J. Ticehurst, B.F.W. Croke, J.M. Spate and A.J. Jakeman
    Development of a simple cascading bucket model for hillslope hydrology
  • M. Weiler, T. Uchida and J. McDonnell
    Connectivity due to preferential flow controls water flow and solute transport at the hillslope scale
  • K.T. Bjornsson, B. Ostendorf and F. Recknagel
    Using wetland nutrient modelling to estimate River Murray and floodplain wetland water exchange
  • C.J. Ocampo, M. Sivapalan, and C.E. Oldham
    Perceptual model of coupled hydrological and biogeochemical responses based on reconciliation of multiscale, multicomponent observations
  • S. Wealands, R. Grayson and J. Walker
    Hydrologic model assessment from automated spatial pattern comparison techniques
  • J.M. Spate, B.F. Croke and A.J. Jakeman
    Data mining in hydrology

• The challenge of linking meso- and macroscale basin approaches: concepts, modelling strategies and related global initiatives
  Convener: Wolfgang-Albert Flügel
  • J.S. Wallace
    HELP bridging scales in water science, management and policy
  • W-A. Flügel and F. Rijsberman
    The challenge program “Water and Food” for river basin scale water resources assessment
  • M. Märker, M. Flörke, S. Vassolo and J. Alcamo (Presenter: K. Bongartz)
    Preliminary assessment of IPCC-SRES scenarios on future water resources using the WaterGAP 2 model
  • C.J. Vörösmarty, E. M. Douglas, P. A. Green and C. Revenga
    A geospatial approach to assessing water stress in Africa
  • K. Scipal, W. Wagner, A. Ceballos, J. Martínez-Fernández and C. Scheffler
    The potential of scatterometer derived soil moisture for catchment scale modelling
  • K. Bongartz, W.A. Flügel, P. Krause and U. Taddei
    Geoinformatics toolset for integrated river basin management (IRBM) in the Saale River, Thueringia, Germany

• Terrain analysis and spatial processes
  Convener: John Gallant
  • J.C. Aguero, A. Feuer and G. Goodwin
    Terrain modelling via triangular regular networks
  • H. Farabi
    A risk based approach using terrain attributes to control water quality impacts caused by forest roads
  • H. Lu, C.J. Moran and I.P. Prosser
    Modelling sediment delivery ratio over Murray Darling Basin
  • Z. Paydar and J. Gallant
    Applying a spatial modelling framework to assess land use effects on catchment hydrology
  • G. Summerell, J. Vaze, N.K. Tuteja, R. Grayson and T.I. Dowling
    Development of an objective terrain analysis based method for delineating the major landforms of catchments
  • B. Murphy, G. Geeves, M. Miller, G. Summerell, P. Southwell and M. Rankin
    The application of pedotransfer functions with existing soil maps to predict soil hydraulic properties for catchment-scale hydrologic and salinity modelling
  • N.K. Tuteja, J. Vaze, G.T.H. Beale, G. Summerell and M.Miller
    Spatial disaggregation of catchment scale fluxes

• Scaling up and down in natural resource management
  Convener: John Gross
  • P. Perez, A. Dray, I. White, C. LePage and T. Falkland
    Atollscape: simulating freshwater management in Pacific Atolls. Spatial processes and time dependence issues
  • J.N. Park, D.H. Cobon and D.G. Phelps
    Modelling pasture growth in the Mitchell Grasslands
  • A.C. Liedloff, J.A. Ludwig and M.B. Coughenour
    Simulating overland flow and soil infiltration using an ecological approach
  • D.D. Kandel, A.W. Western and R.B. Grayson
    A scaling approach to capture sub-time-step rainfall variability in rainfall-runoff and erosion modelling
  • N. Gupta, R. Rudra, G. Parkin and H.R. Whiteley
    Fractal behavior of soil physical and hydraulic properties

• Adaptive planning and management frameworks for coastal waterways
  Convener: Paul Lawrence
  • T.G. Nguyen and J.L. de Kok
    Application of sensitivity and uncertainty analyses for the validation of an integrated systems
    model for coastal zone management
  • E.J. McLean, B.L. McPherson and J.B. Hinwood
    A decision support tool for prioritising remediation works in a catchment/estuarine bay system
  • P.A. Lawrence, J.C. Bennett, and D. Barchiesi
    An adaptive management framework to support regional resource planning

• Landuse change in tropical systems
  Convener: Meine van Noordwijk
  • B.J.P. Verbist, A. Widayati and M. Van Noordwijk
    The link between land and water prediction of sediment point sources in a previously forested watershed in Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
  • T.K. Manik and R.C. Sidle
    Rainfall spatial distribution in Sumber Jaya watershed, Lampung, Indonesia
  • M. Van Noordwijk, A. Farida, D. Suyamto, B. Lusiana and N. Khasanah
    Spatial variability of rainfall governs river flow and reduces effects of land use change at landscape scale: GenRiver and SpatRain simulations
  • G. Parkin, J. Pollacco and S. Birkinshaw
    Predicting the impact of afforestation or deforestation on recharge using only time series soil moisture and hydrometeorological data
  • D. Suprayogo, Widinto, W.G. Cadisch and M. Van Noordwijk
    A pedotransfer resource database (PTFRDB) for tropical soils: test with the water balance of WaNuLCAS
  • A. Kinsey-Henderson, I. Prosser and D. Post
    SubNet – predicting sources of sediment at sub-catchment scale using SedNet
  • J. Vaze, G.T.H. Beale, P. Barnett and N.K. Tuteja
    Predicting the spatial and temporal effects of landuse change using the CATSALT modelling framework
  • R.C. Sidle and A.S. Dhakal
    Recent advances in the spatial and temporal modeling of shallow landslides
  • D. Suyamto, M. Van Noordwijk, D.P. Hadi and B. Lusiana
    FALLOW model: assessment tool for landscape level impact of farmer land use choices

• Natural hazard and risk modelling
  Convener: Andre Zerger
  • S. Wooldridge and T. Done
    The use of bayesian belief networks to aid in the understanding and management of large-scale coral bleaching
  • X.G. Lin
    Statistical modelling of severe wind gust
  • J. Savioli, M. Britton, S. Szylkarski and C. Pederson
    Tropical cyclones modelling for natural disaster risk management
  • A. Zerger and G. MacLaren
    Floodbank: an internet based architecture for distributing spatial flood data
  • C. Fernández, G. Carbonell, J.V.Tarazona
    Probabilistic approximation to risk assessment of basins by ecotoxicological evaluation
  • S. Liu, L. Leslie, M. Speer and R. Bunker
    Predicting forest fire danger using improved model derived soil moisture and antecedent precipitation
  • A. Siqueira, A. Zerger, I. Bishop and S. Jones
    The influence of climatic anomalies on hotspots occurence in the Brazilian Amazon region
  • S. Sangawongse, P. Pinkantayonk and W. Nawapramote
    Use of remote sensing, GIS and field survey techniques for forest fire mapping in the Upper Nan Watershed, Northern Thailand

• GIS and environmental modelling
  Convener: David Pullar
  • N. Herron and P. Peterson
    A simplified GIS-based approach to prioritise salinity investment at the property-scale
  • M. Matthies and J.Klasmeier
    Geo-referenced stream pollution modelling and aquatic exposure assessment
  • M. Puotinen
    Modelling tropical cyclone disturbance of the Great Barrier Reef using GIS
  • A.D. Simms, C.D. Woodroffe and B.G. Jones
    Application of RUSLE for erosion management in a coastal catchment, Southern NSW
  • L. Adair and A. Rahman
    Identification of erosion potential in an urban river in North Australia using GIS and hydrodynamic model
  • W. Cartwright, B. Williams and C. Pettit
    Geographical visualization using rich media and enhanced GIS
  • S.J. Kininmonth, T. Donovan and S. Edgar
    Fusing scientific modelling with knowledge management systems
  • L. Zhang, T. Dowling, M. Hocking, J. Morris, G. Adams, K. Hickel, A. Best and R. Vertessy
    Modelling the effects of large-scale plantation on streamflow and water allocation: a case study for the Goulburn-Broken Catchments
  • S.W. Laffan, H. Silcock, O. Nielsen and M. Hegland
    A new approach to analysing spatial data using sparse grids
  • K. Krivoruchko and C.A. Gotway
    Using spatial statistics in GIS

• Beyond metapopulations: macroecological modelling
  Convener: Sean Connelly
  • W.J. Chivers, R.D. Herbert and W. Gladstone
    Heterogeneous resource partitioning in a generalised individual-based model of multi-species interaction
  • T. Sakata, K. Tainaka, Y. Ito and J. Yoshimura
    Stability of specialists feeding on a generalist
  • J. Yoshimura, H. Amagai, T. Suzuki, T. Togashi and T. Miyazaki
    Population dynamics of some mutualistic relationships
  • T. Togashi, A. Kaide, T. Miyazaki, T. Suzuki, N. Nakagiri, J. Yoshimura, J.L. Bartelt and P.A. Cox
    Simulation of mating behavior of Gametes and the evolution of anisogamy in marine green algae: isogamy, slight anisogamy and marked anisogamy
  • T. Miyazaki, K. Takeya, T. Togashi, N. Nakagiri, T. Suzuki and J. Yoshimura
    Effects of Ammonium concentration and dilution on the competition between the Cyanobacterium Microsystis Novacekii and the green alga Scenedesmus Quadricuada
  • B.J. Cairns and P.K. Pollett
    Evaluating persistence times in populations that are subject to local catastrophes
  • T. D’heygere, P. Goethals, A. Dedecker and N. De Pauw
    Development of a monitoring network to model the habitat suitability of macroinvertebrates in the Zwalm River Basin (Flanders, Belgium)
  • S. Shanmuganathan, P. Sallis and J. Buckeridge
    Ecological modelling with self-organising maps

• Information in ecosystems – theory and models about functional releance of inter and intraspecific information in ecosystems
  Convener: Markus Knoflacher
  • A.L. Mayer, C.W. Pawlowski, H. Cabezas and N.T. Hoagland
    Estimating sustainability of a simple human society and its associated ecosystem using resilience and fisher information
  • O.A. Voie
    Information indexing in a Bayesian network for risk assessment of land-use decisions on threatened species
  • H.M. Knoflacher
    Functional roles of information in ecosystems – a theoretical approach

• Natural computing methods for modelling water resources and hydrology
  Convener: Holger Maier
  • G.J. Bowden, J.B. Nixon, H.R. Maier, G.C. Dandy and M. Holmes
    Forecasting Chlorine residuals in a water distribution system using a general regression neural network
  • M.S. Gibbs, N. Morgan, H.R. Maier, G.C. Dandy, M. Holmes and J.B. Nixon
    Use of artificial neural networks for modelling Chlorine residuals in water distribution systems
  • A.C. Zecchin, H.R. Maier, A.R.Simpson, A. Roberts, M.J. Berrisford and M. Leonard
    Max-min Ant system applied to water distribution system optimisation
  • N. Siriwardene and B.J.C. Perera
    Selection of genetic algorithm operators for urban drainage model parameter optimisation
  • H.R. Maier, L. Radbone, T. Finkemeyer, T. Hume, M. Butchart and P. Goonan
    Optimising the mutual information of ecological data clusters using genetic algorithms
  • N. Horrigan and F. Recknagel
    Generic artificial neural network framework for habitat assessment and prediction of Australian stream systems
  • U. Yadav
    Runoff generation using soil moisture and neural network models
  • G.B. Kingston, H.R. Maier and M.F. Lambert
    Understanding the mechanisms modelled by artificial neural networks for hydrological prediction
  • L. Marshall, A. Sharma and D. Nott
    Efficient Bayesian model selection in hydrological modelling
  • G.B. Kingston, M.F. Lambert and H.R. Maier
    Development of stochastic artificial neural networks for hydrological prediction
  • C. Rajanayaka, D. Kulasiri and S. Samarasinghe
    A comparative study of parameter estimation in hydrology modelling: artificial neural networks and curve fitting approaches

• Surface water modelling
  Convener: Neil Viney
  • M.C. Peel, F.G.R. Watson and R.A. Vertessy
    Modelling impacts of land use change on low flows in the North Esk River using the Macaque Model
  • H. Koivusalo, T. Kokkonen, A. Laurén, M. Ahtiainen, T. Karvonen, H. Mannerkoski, S. Penttinen, P. Seuna, M. Starr, P. Vakkilainen and L. Finér
    Parameterization and application of a hillslope model to assess hydrological impacts of forest harvesting
  • A. Best, L. Zhang, T. McMahon and A. Western
    Development of a model for predicting the changes in flow duration curves due to altered land use conditions
  • A. Longobardi, P. Villani, R.B. Grayson and A.W. Western
    On the relationship between runoff coefficient and catchment initial conditions
  • B.M. Watson, S. Selvalingam and M. Ghafouri
    Evaluation of SWAT for modelling the water balance of the Woady Yaloak River Catchment, Victoria
  • P.W. Carlile, B.F.W. Croke and A.J. Jakeman
    Identifying evapotranspiration relationships for input into rainfall-runoff models using the SWIM model
  • J. Charalambous, A. Rahman and D. Carroll
    Application of Monte Carlo simulation technique with URBS model for design flood estimation of large catchments
  • O.P. Droop and W.C. Boughton
    Integration of WBNM into a continuous simulation system for design flood estimation
  • B.G. Anderson, I. Rutherfurd and A. Western
    An analysis of the influence of riparian vegetation on the propagation of flood waves
  • T. Shoji and Y. Fukui
    Estimating fresh-water fish habitat using the Phabsim system
  • M.J. McMaster, D.G. Provis, R.B. Grayson and W.A. Bishop
    Calibration and testing of a hydrodynamic model of the Gippsland Lakes
  • R. Silberstein
    Why collect data when we can model it?
  • C. Zammit, M. Sivapalan, N.R. Viney and M. Bari
    Improvement of physical basis of conceptual model, LASCAM, with explicit inclusion of within-catchment heterogeneity of landscape attributes
  • B. Sivakumar
    Evidence of low-dimensional determinism in river flow dynamics: examples from predictions
  • J.G. Chanat and J.P. Norton
    Interpreting hydrologic response using transfer function models with time-varying parameters: an example from the Virginia Blue Ridge
  • J.P. Norton and J.G. Chanat
    Assessing rainfall-runoff records for time invariance using transfer function models with
    time-varying parameters

• Regional-scale enironmental-economic systems
  Convener: Romy Greiner
  • A. Sadoddin, R.A. Letcher and A.J. Jakeman
    A Bayesian decision network approach for salinity management in the Little River Catchment, NSW
  • T. Graham, B. White and D.J. Pannell
    Preliminary research from a spatial and dynamic hydrology/economic model for dryland salinity
  • B. Yu, J. Tisdell, G. Podger, and I. Salbe
    A hydrologic and economic model for water trading and reallocation using linear programming techniques
  • P.L.M. Goethals, J.J. Bouma, D. François, T. D’heygere, A. Dedecker, V. Adriaenssens and N. De Pauw
    Coupling ecosystem valuation methods to the waeco decision support system in the Zwalm Catchment (Belgium)
  • R. Monypenny
    Regional scale development issues
  • S. Kwonpongsagoon, T.D. Waite and S.J. Moore
    Use of information from substance flux analysis for human health risk assessment at regional scales: Cadmium as a case study in Australia
  • N. Tangsubkul, S. Moore and T.D. Waite
    Toxic substance accumulation prediction: a useful addition to conventional life cycle assessment
    when comparing water recycling technology
  • A. Herr, N. Stoeckl and R. Greiner
    Modelling the adoption of environmental management practices by farmers
  • J. Gross, R. McAllister, N. Abel, D.M. Stafford-Smith, and Y. Maru
    Australian rangelands as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual model and preliminary result

• Modelling ecological and economic systems to measure ecological and environmental impacts from natural resource use
  Convener: Jackie Robinson
  • R. Mathevet, R. Lifran, A. Mauchamp, G. Lefebvre and B. Poulin
    ReedSim: simulating ecological and economical dynamics of Mediterranean reedbeds
  • L. Chapman and L. Cao
    An agent based bioeconomic model of a fishery with input controls
  • O. Thebaud and J-C. Soulie
    Simulating the short-term response of fisheries to regulatory controls: a multi agent approach
  • L. Cao and K. Lawson
    A spatiotemporal bioeconomic model for marine reserve design
  • J. Hamilton and S. Clark
    An economic analysis of a climatic prediction rule to trigger drought management strategies
  • R. Greiner, A. Smajgl and C. Mayocchi
    Modelling the implications of water reform on sugar cane farms in the Lower Burdekin Region
  • T. Tumaneng-Diete, S. Karabut, S. Cottier and M. Ferguson
    Integrating biophysical and socio-economic models to achieve triple bottom line outcomes on Queensland State Forests
  • D.B. Magcale-Macandog and C.D. Predo
    Environmental and economic impacts of land-use change in imperata areas: a bioeconom modelling approach
  • H. Purnomo and P. Guizol
    Governing forest plantation to reduce poverty and improve forest landscape: a multiagent imulation approach
  • A. Bah, I. Touré and C. Le Page
    An agent-based model for understanding the multiple uses of land and resources around drilling sites in Sahel
  • S. Shanmuganathan, P. Sallis and J. Buckeridge
    Self-organising map methods in integrated modelling of environmental-economic systems

• Modelling in energy markets
  Convener: Clinton Watkins
  • K. Fatai, L. Oxley and F.G. Scrimgeour
    Energy efficiency and the New Zealand economy: a dynamic CGE analysis
  • C.A. Baloi, J.A. Belward and M. Bulmer
    Genetic unit commitment model in a deregulated power energy environment
  • C.A. Baloi, J.A. Belward, M. Bulmer and C. Tintos
    Multi – area unit commitment in the national electricity market
  • R. Ramalinga and S.V.L. Narasimham
    Energy conservation in domestic sector for better utilization of power – Indian context

• Greenhouse gas emissions markets, policy and impacts
  Convener: Clinton Watkins
  • T. Islam and J. Kennedy
    Transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources by the north and the south
  • K. Fatai, L. Oxley and F.G. Scrimgeour
    Modelling economies of scale and imperfect competition using CGE: a comparative application
    to the energy sector of New Zealand, Canada, Singapore and Mozambique
  • T. Okano, T. Kusakawa, T. Saijo and A. Suzuki
    Agent-based simulation of emissions trading: evaluation of non-compliance penalty and
    commitment period reserve
  • K. Fujime
    Assessment of market systems for CO2 emissions trading as environmental policy options, with special emphasis on evaluation of intertemporal trading
  • C. Watkins
    Climate change and trade relations between Australia and Japan

• Tourism, hospitality management and environmental modelling
  Convener: Christine Lim
  • R. Shareef
    Small island tourism economies: a bird’s eye view
  • R.M. Itami
    RBSim3: agent-based simulations of human behaviour in GIS environments using hierarchical spatial reasoning
  • J. Gnoth, C. Lim and R.S. Toh
    Tourism rejuvenation in Australia
  • R. Shareef
    Small island tourism economies: a snapshot of country risk ratings
  • A. O’Connor, A. Zerger and B. Itami
    Building better agents: geo-temporal tracking and analysis of tourist behavior
  • R. Greiner, N. Stoeckl and C. Mayocchi
    Improving benefits from tourism to communities in Australia’s tropical savannas
  • C. Lim and G.W. Pan
    An econometric analysis of inbound tourism for China

• Modelling intellectual property
  Convener: Dora Marinova
  • F. Chan, D. Marinova and M. McAleer
    Modelling the asymmetric volatility of anti-pollution technology patents in the USA
  • T. Tomita
    A comparative analysis of domestic patent applications of South-east Asian Countries using Harschman-Herfindahl Index
  • K. Smith and D. Marinova
    Bibliometric modelling and policy making
  • D. Marinova and M. McAleer
    Anti-pollution innovation strengths indicators based on US patents
  • T. Tomita
    International patent cartels and patent statistics between World War I and World War II
  • D. Marinova and M. McAleer
    International rankings of industrial property
  • K. Smith and D. Marinova
    Academic publishing in the Australian changing funding environment: an analysis of journal ranking in the geosciences
  • T. Tomita
    An heuristic analysis of long life leading companies in orders of patent applications

• The analysis of high frequency financial data and market microstructure issues
  Convener: Dave Allen
  • S. Peiris, D. Allen and W. Yang
    Some statistical models for durations and their applications in finance
  • M. Aitken, D.E. Allen and W.J. Yang
    Some evidence on the information content of undisclosed limit orders on the ASX
  • D.E. Allen and V. Soucik
    Some evidence on the performance benchmarking of Australian fixed interest funds

• Risk analysis and modelling
  Convener: Suhejla Hoti
  • S. Hoti
    Rating risk rating systems
  • G.M. Caporale, E. Panopoulou and N. Pittis
    The Feldstein-Horioka puzzle revisited: a monte carlo study
  • F. Chan and M. McAleer
    Modelling multivariate asymmetric financial volatility
  • S. Hoti
    The international country risk guide: an empirical evaluation

• Time series analysis
  Convener: Colin McKenzie
  • H. Yamada
    Some monte carlo evidence on the hypothesis testing for the mean of stationary vector autoregressive process
  • W.S. Chan and S.H. Cheung
    A bivariate threshold time series model for analyzing Australian interest rates
  • K. Sato
    Real interest rate linkages in the Asian-Pacific Region: a time-varying parameter approach
  • L.K. Lim
    Multi-country currency unions in East Asia
  • M.D. Craine, Y.W. Cheng and J. Prescott
    A catch rate-environment time series approach to the prediction of catches taken from the Esperance Southern Rock Lobster Fishery
  • B.G. Lewis, R.D. Herbert and R.D. Bell
    The application of fourier analysis to forecasting the inbound call time series of a call centre

• Modelling in finance
  Convener: John Sequeira
  • K.A. Wong, J.M. Sequeira and M. McAleer
    Is there information content in insider trades in the Singapore exchange?
  • K. Radalj
    Hedgers, speculators and forward markets: evidence from currency markets
  • S. Ling
    MLE for change-point in ARMA-GARCH models with a changing drift

• Empirical finance and financial management
  Convener: Peter Verhoeven
  • H. Gatfaoui
    How does systematic risk impact stocks? A study on the French financial market
  • S. d’Addona and P. Brighi
    An empirical investigation of the Italian Stock Market based on the Three Factors Model
  • C.K.Y. Leung, W.L. Law, and Y.F. Chow
    Company investors versus individual investors in the Hong Kong property market

• Modelling conditional and stochastic volatility
  Convener: Felix Chan
  • F. Chan and M. McAleer
    Statistical properties of STAR-GARCH models: an empirical evaluation
  • M. Kobayashi and M. McAleer
    Testing the elasticity of volatility with respect to the level of an integrated process
  • P. Verhoeven and M. McAleer
    Detecting local outliers in financial time series
  • K. Radalj and M. McAleer
    Speculation and destabilization
  • C. Watkins and M. McAleer
    Correlation in volatility among related commodity markets

• Economic growth and development
  Convener: Baiding Hu
  • L.T. Van Trinh, J. Gibson and L. Oxley
    Measuring the stock of human capital in New Zealand
  • M-H. Chien
    A human resource management model designed for Chinese business processes
  • M-H. Chien
    A study to improve organizational citizenship behaviors
  • H. Yuen
    A Cluster-Based Approach for identifying East Asian Economies: A foundation for monetary integration
  • B. Hu and M. McAleer
    Estimation of Chinese agricultural production efficiencies with panel data
  • B. O’Regan and R. Moles
    The dynamics of relative attractiveness: minerals exploration in the developing world

• Econometric modelling
  Convener: Michael McAleer
  • K. Hitomi
    Empirical likelihood, exponential tilting, and GMM estimators with a number of moment conditions
  • Y. Nishiyama
    Bootstrap bandwidth and kernel order selection for density weighted averages
  • M. Fukushige and I. Miyara
    Statistical hypothesis testing for returns to scale using data envelopment analysis
  • K. Oya
    Properties of estimators of count data model with endogenous switching
  • K. Sato, Z. Zhang and M. McAleer
    Shocking aspects of East Asian monetary integration: an optimum currency area approach
  • K. Nawata and M. Ii
    Estimation of the labor participation and wage equation model of Japanese married women by the simultaneous maximum likelihood method
  • B. Hu and M. McAleer
    Time series analysis of aggregate consumption in China
  • M. McAleer and J.C. Wei Nam
    Testing for monetary integration and contagion in ASEAN exchange rates

• Corporate finance
  Convener: Colin McKenzie
  • C-T. Lin
    A generalized capital asset pricing model
  • V.I. Tian, E.Y.L. Keung and Y.F. Chow
    Economic value added in the Hong Kong listed companies: a preliminary evidence
  • C-T. Lin
    Dividend policies, legal regimes and market systems in the Asia Pacific region
  • J.C.Y. How, C.X. Huang and P. Verhoeven
    Information asymmetry surrounding earnings and dividend announcements: an intra-day analysis
  • S. Takaoka and C.R. McKenzie
    The impact of competition in the Japanese underwriting market
  • C.R. McKenzie and S. Takaoka
    The impact of Japanese deregulation on the Euro-Yen bond market

• Economic modelling
  Convener: Les Oxley
  • R.D Herbert and G.D. Leeves
    Optimal control of unemployment in a general equilibrium job search model
  • R. McAllister and M. Bulmer
    Genetic algorithms and stochastic forest property rights enforcement
  • R.D. Herbert, P.J. Stemp and W.E. Griffiths
    An evaluation of alternative approaches to solving large-scale macroeconomic models
  • E. Aiyoshi and A. Maki
    A simulation of the non-cooperative Nash equilibrium model
  • A. Gelan
    Commuting, migration, and rural development
  • Y. Sato
    City structure, search and workers’ job acceptance behavior
  • T. Fukiharu
    General equilibrium analysis on arms exports to developing countries in conflict
  • D. Marsh and L. Oxley
    Modelling innovation activity in the New Zealand biotechnology sector

• Modelling and simulation of agricultural systems
  Convener: David White
  • M. Rivington, K.B. Matthews and K. Buchan
    Quantifying the uncertainty in spatially explicit land-use model predictions arising from the use of substituted climate data
  • K.B. Matthews, K. Buchan and A. Dalziel
    Evaluating labour requirements within a multi-objective land-use planning tool
  • B.P. Marchant, E. Audsley, J.E. Annetts, K.R. Pearn and M.Rounsevell
    Simulating agricultural decision making to project future land use
  • D.L. Liu, M.K. Conyers and K.R. Helyar
    Simulation of the changes in soil pH of various acidic soils through lime applications
  • D. Singh, V. Rao, S. Singh and R. Singh
    Testing the performance and application of BRASSICA model
  • L.J. Erakovic, A. Subic, B. Abu-Hijleh and D. McLaren
    Modelling and simulation of Chilean Needle Grass spread during slashing
  • P. DeVoil, W. Rossing and G.L. Hammer
    Exploring profit – sustainability trade-offs in cropping systems using evolutionary algorithms
  • D.G. Mayer, B.P. Kinghorn and A.A. Archer
    “Simple” differential evolution for beef model optimisation
  • L.C. McArthur, J.W. Boland and F. Tiver
    Parameter estimation for stage-structured projection models using real data
  • P.M. Pepper, A.J. Swain and M. Lyndal-Murphy
    Using simulation techniques to investigate methods to determine resistance of helminths to anthelmintic treatment
  • A.E. McKinnon, S.T. Bell and A.R. Sykes
    Using a model of magnesium dynamics in cows to predict the risk of tetany in dairy herds
  • F. Guerrin and J.M. Paillat
    Modelling biomass fluxes and fertility transfers: animal wastes management in the Reunion Island
  • A.J. Clark and B. Forester
    A proto-type dynamic model of the Australian sheep flock

• Integrative modelling for sustainable water allocation
  Convener: Sergei Schreider
  • D.H. White, N. Beynon and O. Kingma
    Opportunities for achieving water savings throughout the Murray Darling Basin
  • L.E. Brennan, S.N. Lisson, P.L. Poulton, P.S. Carberry, K.L. Bristow and S. Khan
    Assessing the economic and environmental benefits and risks of investing in recycled water for irrigation on the Darling Downs, Australia
  • E. Xevi and S. Khan
    A multi-objective optimization approach to water management
  • A. Hafi
    Investment in refurbishment of irrigation channels – a case study of the Stanbridge system in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
  • B.J.C. Perera, B. James, and M.D.U. Kularathna
    Computer software tool for sustainable water allocation and management – REALM
  • J.K. Gilmour, R.A. Letcher and A.J. Jakeman
    Sensitivity analysis of an integrated model approach for assessing land and water policy options
  • K.M. Hyde, H.R. Maier and C.B. Colby
    The applicability of robustness measures to water resources decision making
  • K. Saifuk and S. Ongsomwang
    A decision support framework for catchment based natural resource management
  • R.A. Letcher and P. Aluwihare
    Development of a decision support system for the Namoi and Gwydir Valleys
  • G.M. Bazzani
    A DSS for an integrated analysis of irrigation at farm and catchment level: DSIRR

• Sensitivity analysis and applications
  Convener: Roger Braddock
  • S. Schreider, B. James, M. Seker and E. Weinmann
    Sensitivity and error propagation analysis for the Goulburn simulation model built by REALM
  • J.P. Norton, R. Nathan, G. Podger and R. Vertessy (presenter: R. Argent)
    Sensitivity assessment needs of complex simulation models for integrated catchment management
  • T. Suzuki, N. Nakagiri, K-I. Tainaka, T. Togashi, T. Miyazaki and J. Yoshimura
    A role of a low-density species on the community outcomes in a model ecosystem
  • Y. Itoh, S. Gotoh, N. Nakagiri, T. Sakata and K-I. Tainaka
    Perturbation experiment and extinction processes in a prey-predator lattice system
  • C.A. Baloi, J.A. Belward and M. Bulmer
    Sensitivity analysis of the National electricity market
  • N. Nakagiri, K-I. Tainaka, T. Togashi, T. Miyazaki and J. Yoshimura
    Parameter sensitivity in a lattice ecosystem with intraguild predation
  • J. Whitcombe, R. Cropp, R. Braddock and I. Agranovski
    The use of sensitivity analysis and genetic algorithms for the management of catalyst emissions from oil refineries

• Geostatistical developments and applications
  Convener: Peter Brooker
  • R. Dimitrakopoulos and S. Mackie
    Stochastic simulation for the quantification of mine spoil variability and rehabilitation decision making
  • B.P. Marchant and R.M. Lark
    Adaptive schemes for geostatistical sampling and survey

• Integrated modelling environments – analysis, design and implementation
  Conveners: Ralf Denzer and Rob Argent
  • R.M. Argent, R.A. Vertessy, J.M. Rahman, S.M. Cuddy, G.M. Podger and D.R. Perry
    Building a modelling toolkit for prediction of catchment behaviour
  • R. Grayson, R. Argent, R. Vertessy, P. Hairsine and G. Podger
    An “Integration Blueprint” to underpin the development of the catchment modelling toolkit
  • J.M. Rahman, S.P. Seaton, J-M. Perraud, H. Hotham, D.I. Verrelli and J.R. Coleman
    It’s TIME for a new environmental modelling framework
  • J-M. Perraud, G. Podger, J.M. Rahman and R.A. Vertessy
    A new rainfall-runoff software library
  • R. Denzer, R. Güttler, T. Hell and M. Villa
    Integration of heterogeneous software components in a pesticide decision support system
  • A. Jolma and A. Rizzoli
    A review of interoperability techniques for models, data, and knowledge in environmental software
  • E. Post
    Designing and implementing computer simulation models for portability and reuse
  • R. Denzer, R. Güttler, S. Schlobinski and J. Williams
    A decision support system for marine applications
  • W. Dar Lin
    Using dynamic processing of web site usage to examine consumer behavior

• Industrial modelling and optimisation
  Convener: Lou Caccetta
  • M.I. Ali, P.A. Schneider and N. Hudson
    Assessing nutrient recovery from piggery effluents
  • C.J. Barnes, D. Kulawiec, P. Marsh and R. Solomon
    Developing a management model for a complex business system
  • L. Caccetta, S. Kostova and V.G. Rumchev
    Positive linear dynamic model of mobile source air pollution and related problems
  • L. Caccetta and B. Wattananon
    Project networks with mixed-time constraints
  • A.H. Dekker
    Using agent-based modelling to study organisational performance and cultural differences
  • G. Kastl, I.H. Fisher, A. Sathasivan, P. Chen and J.A. Van Leeuwen
    Modelling water quality from source water to tap by integration of process models
  • V. Jegatheesan and S. Vigneswaran
    Mathematical modelling of deep bed filtration
  • S.K. Lim and F.T. Mavondo
    The structure of strategic capabilities, implications for organisational agility and superior performance: a conceptual framework
  • D.S. Liu, E. Post, D. Kulasiri, and R.A. Sherlock
    Optimisation of a complex simulation model
  • O. Montes de Oca, C.K.G Dake, A.E. Dooley and D. Clark
    A dairy supply chain model of the New Zealand dairy industry
  • B.J. Mullins, R.D. Braddock and I.E. Agranovski
    Fibre wetting processes in wet filtration
  • J. Van Leeuwen, M. Holmes, C. Heidenreich, R. Daly, I. Fisher, G. Kastl, A. Sathasivan and D. Bursill
    Modelling the application of inorganic coagulants and pH control reagents for removal of organic matter from drinking waters
  • P. Welgama and R. Oyston
    Study of options to increase the throughput of the Hunter Valley coal chain
  • D. Wilson and R. Laney
    The use of simulation for clothing manufacturing executives; a case study

• Mathematical and statistical techniques
  Convener: Mal Heron
  • K-C. Chiou
    A study of imputing censored observations for 2-parameter weibull distribution based on random censoring
  • M.D. Smith
    Using copulas in statistical models of switching regimes
  • P.K. Pollett and V.T. Stefanov
    A method for evaluating the distribution of the total cost of a random process over its lifetime
  • R. Sabbadin
    Approximating spatial markov decision processes for environmental management
  • A.A. Bartolucci, A.D. Bartolucci and K.P. Singh
    Sample size requirements for stratified random sampling of pond water with cost considerations using a bayesian methodology
  • T.P. Hancock, D.H. Coomans and Y.L. Everingham
    Supervised hierarchical clustering using CART
  • M.A. Shahin, H.R. Maier, M.B. Jaksa
    Neural and neurofuzzy techniques applied to modelling settlement of shallow foundations on granular soils

• Virtual simulation systems and their applications
  Convener: Toshio Nakanishi
  • N. Mukai, Y. Sakaguchi and M. Kosugi
    A method for generating texture images used on landscape simulation
  • C. Stock and I.D. Bishop
    Development of an envisioning system for rural communities
  • R. Kohashi
    The management of consumer’s community on a website bulletin-board service
  • Z. Li and R. Sitte
    Modelling unsynchronized motion dynamics for truthful VR visualizations
  • K. Tatur and R. Sitte
    Modeling flexibility with spline approximations for fast VR visualizations
  • B. Abu-Hijleh, J. Tu, A. Subic and L. Fostineo
    Effect of inlet/outlet fillets on the clearance flow in rotor-casing assembly

• Integrated modelling of the growth of cities and mega-cities
  Convener: Tad Soroczynski
  • S. Egger
    The sustainability of cities: determining an appropriate model
  • D. Pullar and C. Pettit
    Improving urban growth forecasting with cellular automata: a case study for Hervey Bay
  • A. Gelan
    Trade policy and mega-cities in LDCs: a general equilibrium model with numerical simulations
  • S. Egger
    Globalisation and the sustainability of cities: a methodology for determining their relationship

• Statistical modelling in health and biomedical sciences
  Convener: Karan Singh
  • M. Tsuji, W. Suzuki, and F. Taoka
    An empirical analysis of the economic assessment of the tele-health system by the CVM method
  • N. Yatawara, J. Piek and H. Lin
    An analysis of the development of motor coordination of infants through transfer function models
  • K.P. Singh, J.T. Wulu, Jr, S. Bae, A.A. Bartolucci and F. Trevino
    Modeling hospital discharge counts across zip code areas
  • B. Berg, G. La Penna, V. Minicozzi, S. Morante and G.C. Rossi
    Multi-canonical algorithms for folding processes
  • M. Bulmer and K. Fleetwood
    Estimation issues in allometric scaling models
  • D. Carey, S. Bae, R. Shanmugam, A.A. Bartolucci and K.P. Singh
    Assessing therapeutic equivalence of three proportions using weighted likelihood ratio and equivalence cube

• Simulation of traffic control systems
  Convener: Toshio Nakanishi
  • S. Yaskawa
    High fidelity real-time railroad simulation- its necessity, advantages, and results
  • Y. Hibiya, K. Chiba,T. Fujikura, I. Miyoshi and T. Nakanishi
    GPS-based mobile information board system
  • H. Itoh, M. Numano and E. Pedersen
    Modeling and simulation of sea traffic and a visualization-based collision avoidance support system
  • M. Numano, H. Itoh, J. Fukuto and Y. Niwa
    Simulation study on sea traffic control at an intersection utilizing information sharing with
    automatic identification system (AIS)
  • M. Takahashi, M. Kaneko, Y. Futatsuishi, I. Watanabe and T. Nakanishi
    A study of the scheduling simulation system of U-shaped production line with multi-workers using\ eM-Plant
  • M. Namekawa, H. Mori, A. Satoh and T. Nakanishi
    Synchronization method for continuous-event parallel simulation

• Modelling and analysis of transport systems
  Convener: Lal Wadhwa
  • J. Taplin
    Modelling the choice of second and subsequent trip destinations as a Markov process: behavioural implications
  • A.E. Rizzoli, N. Casagrande, A.V. Donati, L.M. Gambardella, D. Lepori, R. Montemanni, P. Pina and M. Zaffalon
    Planning and optimisation of vehicle routes for fuel oil distribution
  • Y. Tsubota, N. Hirao and H. Kawashima
    The evaluation of road pricing for the Tokyo metropolitan area with respect to environment
  • U. Vandebona and P. Thananupappaisan
    Modelling of composition of baggage screening systems at airports
  • E. Kozan
    Container transfer logistics at multimodal container terminals

• Modelling and simulation in geomechanical systems
  Convener: Karu Karunasena
  • K. Johnson, P. Lemcke, W. Karunasena and N. Sivakugan
    Modelling the response of deep foundations under oblique loading
  • K.J. Rankine, K.S. Rankine and N. Sivakugan
    Quantitative validation of scaled modelling of hydraulic mine drainage using numerical modelling
  • K. Johnson, M. Christensen, N. Sivakugan and W. Karunasena
    Simulating the response of shallow foundations using finite element modelling