The Common Modelling Protocol: A hierarchical framework for simulation of agricultural and environmental systems

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 37-48

  Moore, A D ^a   Holzworth, D P ^a   Herrmann, N I ^a   Huth, N I ^a   Robertson, M J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hierarchy theory; Modelling; Simulation frameworks; XML

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SOFTWARE;

EID: 36248973756     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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