A design for framework-independent model components of biophysical systems

Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 727-734

  Donatelli, M ^a,b   Rizzoli, A E ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c DALLE MOLLE INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IDSIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Component oriented programming; Modelling; Software components

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS; BLACK BOXES; COMPONENT DESIGN; COMPONENT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; DESIGN OF SOFTWARES; DOMAIN SPECIFICITY; FRAMEWORK ARCHITECTURE; MODEL COMPONENTS; MODELLING; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; REAL-WORLD APPLICATION; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SOFTWARE COMPONENTS; SPECIFIC COMPONENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 70349563625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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