Various tools and methods are used in participatory modelling, at different stages of the process and for different purposes. The diversity of tools and methods can create challenges for stakeholders and modelers when selecting the ones most appropriate for their projects. We offer a systematic overview, assessment, and categorization of methods to assist modelers and stakeholders with their choices and decisions. Most available literature provides little justification or information on the reasons for the use of particular methods or tools in a given study. In most of the cases, it seems that the prior experience and skills of the modelers had a dominant effect on the selection of the methods used. While we have not found any real evidence of this approach being wrong, we do think that putting more thought into the method selection process and choosing the most appropriate method for the project can produce better results. Based on expert opinion and a survey of modelers engaged in participatory processes, we offer practical guidelines to improve decisions about method selection at different stages of the participatory modeling process.

在过程的不同阶段和出于不同的目的，参与式建模中使用了各种工具和方法。在选择最适合其项目的工具和方法时，它们会给涉众和建模者带来挑战。我们提供系统的方法概述，评估和方法分类，以帮助建模人员和涉众进行选择和决策。对于给定研究中使用特定方法或工具的原因，大多数可用文献很少提供论据或信息。在大多数情况下，建模人员的先验经验和技能似乎对所用方法的选择起主要作用。尽管我们没有发现任何真正的证据表明这种方法是错误的，我们确实认为，在方法选择过程中多加思考并为项目选择最合适的方法可以产生更好的结果。基于专家意见和对参与过程的建模者的调查，我们提供了实用指南，以改进参与建模过程不同阶段有关方法选择的决策。