00835nas a2200241 4500008004100000245009200041210006900133260001600202490000600218100001600224700002100240700001800261700001500279700001800294700001500312700001400327700001600341700001900357700001500376700001400391700001500405856017300420 2016 eng d00aIntermediate tree cover can maximize groundwater recharge in the seasonally dry tropics0 aIntermediate tree cover can maximize groundwater recharge in the cJan-04-20160 v61 aIlstedt, U.1 aTobella, Bargu?s1 aBazi?, H., R.1 aBayala, J.1 aVerbeeten, E.1 aNyberg, G.1 aSanou, J.1 aBenegas, L.1 aMurdiyarso, D.1 aLaudon, H.1 aSheil, D.1 aMalmer, A. uhttp://www.nature.com/articles/srep21930http://www.nature.com/articles/srep21930.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/articles/srep21930.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/articles/srep2193003363nas a2200445 4500008003900000020001800039245010000057210006900157260001400226300001200240490000600252520204200258653005002300653002902350653002202379653002102401653002502422100001702447700001702464700002102481700001602502700002202518700001702540700001802557700001302575700001702588700001602605700001402621700001602635700001402651700001702665700001602682700001502698700001302713700001702726700001602743700001702759700001402776856012702790 2008 d a978008056886700aChapter Seven Integrated Modelling Frameworks for Environmental Assessment and Decision Support0 aChapter Seven Integrated Modelling Frameworks for Environmental b Elsevier a101-1180 v33 a
In this chapter we investigate the motivation behind the development of modelling frameworks that explicitly target the environmental domain. Despite many commercial and industrial-strength frameworks being available, we claim that there is a definite niche for environmental-specific frameworks. We first introduce a general definition of what is an environmental integrated modelling framework, leading to an outline of the requirements for a generic software architecture for such frameworks. This identifies the need for a knowledge layer to support the modelling layer and an experimentation layer to support the execution of models.
The chapter then focuses on the themes of knowledge representation, model management and model execution. We advocate that appropriate knowledge representation and management tools can facilitate model integration and linking. We stress that a model development process adhering to industry standards and good practices, called “model engineering,” is to be pursued. We focus on the requirements of the experimental frame, which can ensure transparency and traceability in the execution of simulation scenarios and optimisation problems associated with complex integrated assessment studies.
A promising trend for knowledge representation is the use of ontologies that have the capacity to elicit the meaning of knowledge in a manner that is logical, consistent and understandable by computers and the knowledge worker community. This new path in knowledge-based computing will support retention of institutional knowledge, while putting modelling back in the hands of modellers. Environmental modelling will then become a conceptual activity, focusing on model design rather than model implementation, with code generation being delegated to some degree to ontology-aware tools. In this respect, we envision the whole model lifecycle to change drastically, becoming more of a theoretical activity and less of a coding-intensive, highly engineering-oriented task.
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10aAcacia10aDistance-dependent competition index10aEucalyptus10aIndividual-based modelling10aMixed-species10aPowersim; Stella; Systems dynamics10aSimile10aVensim1 aInformation, Jerome VanclayCorresponding Author Contact, K u//www.simulistics.com/publications/spatially-explicit-competition-indices-and-analysis-mixed-species-plantings-simile-mode