IS_QualitativeTools

This repo contains the code to analyze Qualitative Network Models (QNMs) to inform, support, and guide the development of more complex quantitative models that address policy options for multiple recovery objectives in the Puget Sound estuary, Washington, USA. This work is situated in the context of the Puget Sound Partnership's Implementation Strategies (IS's), info about which can be viewed here: https://www.psp.wa.gov/implementation-strategies.php. The project was developed by Caitlin Magel and Tessa Francis (both at UW Tacoma's Puget Sound Institute) and resulted in the following publication: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1012019.