Meta-modeling: A knowledge-based approach to facilitating process model construction and reuse

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 89-116

  M Keller, Richard ^a   L Dungan, Jennifer ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycling; Knowledge based modeling; Model construction tools; Model documentation; Model reuse; Modeling methodology; Process models

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM;

EID: 0033565859     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00197-5     Document Type: Article

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