A problem-solving Workbench for Interactive Simulation of Ecosystems

Author

Knox, Robert G. ; Kalb, Virginia L. ; Levine, Elissa R. ; Kendig, David J.

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

Volume

4

Issue

3

fYear

1997

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

60

Abstract

A problem-solving environment called the “Workbench for Interactive Simulation of Ecosystems” (WISE) is described that uses object-oriented software design to link research models from various subdisciplines for more comprehensive ecosystem simulation and visualization. A simulation manager component uses a clock to control the coupling mechanism, allowing dynamic querying between encapsulated models for the most recent values of state variables

Keywords

biology computing; clocks; data encapsulation; data visualisation; digital simulation; ecology; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; object-oriented programming; problem solving; query processing; WISE; Workbench for Interactive Simulation of Ecosystems; clock; coupling mechanism control; dynamic querying; ecosystem simulation; ecosystem visualization; encapsulated models; object-oriented software design; problem-solving environment; research models; simulation manager component; state variables; subdisciplines; Aerospace simulation; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Ecosystems; Object oriented modeling; Physics; Physiology; Predictive models; Problem-solving; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computational Science & Engineering, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9924

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/99.615431

Filename

615431