Performance Assessment Method (PAM)

(After J A Clarke, presented at Right Light '97, Copenhagen)

A PAM defines practice simulation procedures (actions in BOLD, knowledge in italics).

1. Establish computer representation corresponding to a base case design.
2. Calibrate Model using reliable techniques.
3. Locate representative boundary conditions of appropriate severity.
4. Undertake integrated simulations using suitable applications.
5. Express multi-variate performance in terms of suitable criteria.
6. Identify problem areas as a function of criteria acceptability.
7. Analyse simulation results to identify cause of problems.
8. Postulate remedies by associating problem causes with appropriate design options.
9. For each postulate, establish a reference model to a justifiable level of resolution.
10. Interate from step 4 until overall performance is satisfactory.
11. Repeat from step 3 to establish replicability for other climate zones.

A PAM can be attributed with alternative knowledge instances depending on the users's viewpoint and program capability.