Open AccessPresentation of a generic model of growth with development of spatial patterns - Discussion upon extension towards genetic systems
Author(s) -
Alain Franc
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
cybergeo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 1278-3366
DOI - 10.4000/cybergeo.1530
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , extension (predicate logic) , computer science , computation , order (exchange) , development (topology) , ecology , mathematics , algorithm , programming language , medicine , mathematical analysis , radiology , finance , biology , economics
A usual way to model Forest dynamics is to model trees behaviour at an individual level in order to be as close as possible to what is considered as the basic processes, hoping that aggregating from elementary brick toward more collective levels such as a forest stand is only a matter of mere computation. This modelling approach has been emphasised for twenty years in Forest and Ecological Modelling, as powerful hardware and software make a realistic simulation of any forest quite possible. B..