Design and Application of an Object-Oriented, Web-Based, Model/Game System for Exploring Ecosystem Responses to Management Options
| Autor: | G.A. Kiker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
geography
Geographic information system geography.geographical_feature_category Java Process (engineering) business.industry Environmental resource management Wetland Adaptive management Component (UML) Ecosystem management Environmental science Ecosystem business computer Environmental planning computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | 2005 Tampa, FL July 17-20, 2005. |
| DOI: | 10.13031/2013.19822 |
| Popis: | The Questions and Decisions ™ (QnD™) screening model system was created to provide an effective and efficient tool to incorporate ecosystem, management, economics and socio-political issues into a user-friendly modeling framework. The model is written in object-oriented Java and can be deployed as a stand-alone program or as a web-accessed tool. The QnD model links the spatial components within geographic information system (ArcInfo Shape) files to the abiotic (climatic), biotic and chemical/contaminant interactions that exist in an environmental system. The model can be constructed on combinations of detailed technical data or estimated interactions of the ecological/management/social/economic forces influencing an ecosystem. QnD-simulated ecosystems are represented by combinations of component, process and data objects that are constructed through the use of XML-based, input files. This flexible design allows different ecosystem/habitat/organism/chemical combinations to be efficiently formed, simulated and documented. Examples of QnD are referenced for wildlife management in savanna ecosystems, risk assessment within a riverine ecosystem and potential methylmercury production from restored wetland ecosystems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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