Design of a Domain Specific Language for modelling processes in landscapes

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3527-3535

  Degenne, P ^a   Lo Seen, D ^a   Parigot, D ^b   Forax, R ^c   Tran, A ^a   Ait Lahcen, A ^b   Cure O ^c   Jeansoulin, R ^c  

^a UMR TETIS   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c Ecole Superieure d'Informatique et Genie des Telecommunications   (France)

Author keywords

DSL; Multi scale; Ocelet; SOA; Spatial and temporal modelling

Indexed keywords

CODE GENERATORS; COMPLEX MODEL; DIFFERENT SCALE; DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES; HANDLING TIME; LANGUAGE ELEMENTS; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODELS; MODELLING ENVIRONMENT; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; MODELLING OF PROCESS; MODELLING PROCESS; MULTI-SCALE; MULTIPLE SCALE; OCELET; PROGRAM EXECUTION; SOA; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL MODELLING; WEST AFRICA;

DSL; INFORMATION SERVICES; LINGUISTICS; MODEMS; PROGRAM COMPILERS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; WEB SERVICES;

MODEL BUILDINGS;

LANDSCAPE; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; MODELING; MOSQUITO; PARADIGM SHIFT;

EID: 70449482522     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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