Modules and Integrated Modeling

In the modular approach we do not intend to design a unique general model. Instead, the goal is to offer a framework that can be easily extended and is flexible to be modified. A module that performs best in one case may not be sufficient in another. The goals and scale of a particular study may require a completely different set of modules that will be invoked and further translated into a working model. There is a certain disparity between the software developer and the researcher views upon models and modules. For a software developer, a module is an entity, a black box, which should be as independent as possible, and should be as easy as possible to combine with other modules. This is especially true for the federation approach to modular modeling and is well demonstrated by the web-based modeling systems. The utility of such applications may be marginal from the research viewpoint.

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  2019

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  Encyclopedia of Ecology

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  Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11142-X
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