?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4550%2F&rft.title=Energy-Economy+Analysis%3A+Linking+the+Macroeconomic+and+Systems-Enginering+Approaches&rft.creator=Wene%2C+C.-O.&rft.description=A+necessary+condition+for+an+internally+controlled+soft-linking+of+two+models+is+a+common%2C+formalised+language+describing+the+areas+of+overlap+between+the+models.+This+principle+is+discussed+and+demonstrated+for+the+softlinking+of+the+macroeconomic+and+system-engineering+models+in+the+scenario+work+of+the+Environmentally+Compatible+Energy+Strategies+(ECS)+Project+at+IIASA.+The+Reference+Energy+System+(RES)+can+describe+how+the+models+identify+their+relevant+system+in+the+overlapping+areas.+Using+RES+as+the+common+language%2C+a+Clearing+House+is+set+up+to+develop+the+soft-linking+procedures+and+to+control+the+quality+of+the+linking.+The+procedures+permit+an+interpretation+of+a+key+parameter+describing+energy+efficiency+improvements+in+the+macroeconomic+model+into+results+obtained+by+the+systems-engineering+model.+Other+insights+emerge+into+the+%22top-down+versus+bottom-up+approaches%22%2C+which+is+a+label+sometimes+used+to+describe+the+two+alternative+modelling+perspectives.+It+is+illustrative+to+discuss+the+insights+in+term+of+fallacies+that+may+result+from+a+reliance+on+one+single+perspective.+We+identify+here+the+%22reductionist%22+and+the+%22black+box%22+fallacies.&rft.publisher=WP-95-042&rft.date=1995-05&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4550%2F1%2FWP-95-042.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wene%2C+C.-O.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2509.html%3E++(1995).++Energy-Economy+Analysis%3A+Linking+the+Macroeconomic+and+Systems-Enginering+Approaches.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-042+++++