Evaluating OpenMI as a model integration platform across disciplines

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 274-282

  Knapen, Rob ^a   Janssen, Sander ^a   Roosenschoon, Onno ^a   Verweij, Peter ^a   de Winter, Wim ^a   Uiterwijk, Michel ^a   Wien, Jan Erik ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disciplines; Integration; Modelling frameworks; OpenMI; Semantic; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DIFFERENT SCALE; DISCIPLINES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; INTEGRATED MODELS; LARGE PROJECT; LINKING MODELS; MODEL INTEGRATION; MODEL SIMULATION; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; NITROGEN CYCLING; OPEN FRAMEWORKS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN STANDARDS; OPENMI; OPERATIONAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RUNTIMES; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS; TECHNICAL INTEGRATION; TECHNICAL LEVELS;

FORESTRY; INTEGRATION; SEMANTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NITROGEN; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOFTWARE; STATE ROLE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84870302118     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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