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== General System description ==  
 
== General System description ==  
  
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System name: Simulador de Alternativas de Gestão
  
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Acronym: SAGfLOR
  
 
===Brief Overview===
 
===Brief Overview===
  
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SAGfLOR is the prescription writer of general system SADfLOR. SAGfLOR connects to the Management Information System [[SAdFLOR/inFlor|inFlor]] allowing for complex area selection procedures and generation of prescriptions or Linear or MIP programming models to be solved by the decision support models ([[SADfLOR/DECfLOR|DECfLOR]])
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SAGfLOR is the prescription writer of general system [[SADfLOR]]. SAGfLOR connects to the Management Information System [[SADfLOR/INfLOR|INfLOR]] allowing for complex area selection procedures and generation of prescriptions or Linear or MIP programming models to be solved by the decision support models ([[SADfLOR/DECfLOR|DECfLOR]]).
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[[Category:Pinus pinaster]]
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[[Category:Eucalyptus globulus]]
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[[Category:Quercus suber]]
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[[Category:Harvest scheduling model]]
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=== Scope of the system ===
 
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* tool encourages decision maker to discover new problems or opportunities by exposing to new information or results
 
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* tool helps decision makers in recognizing upcoming problems for which solutions have been developed previously
 
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* tool allows decision maker to actively create new knowledge when faced with a new problem and to develop novel solutions
 
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* tool allows decision maker to capture knowledge, making it available to decision makers who are seeking solutions from previously solved problems
 
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=== System origin ===
 
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* Who and when was it developed
 
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* how was it developed
 
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* is it a commercial product
 
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* does it have real-life application cases
 
  
 
=== Support for specific issues  ===
 
=== Support for specific issues  ===
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Is the system designed to take into account specific uses? E.g. guidance on ways to characterize biodiversity, economic-biodiversity tradeoff analysis methods, risk assessment methods, landscape analysis methods, timber harvest effects, climate change effects, biological effects (pests, pathogens, invasives), fire,...  
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Harvest scheduling, coppices management, cork yield.
  
 
=== Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type  ===
 
=== Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type  ===
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* Certification  
 
* Certification  
 
* Conservation  
 
* Conservation  
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* Restoration
 
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* Transportation
 
 
* Development choices / land use zoning  
 
* Development choices / land use zoning  
 
* Policy/intervention alternatives  
 
* Policy/intervention alternatives  
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=== Capability to support decision making phases  ===
 
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''(NOTE I do not quite know what to do with this, as I do not understand it myself, although it seems related to system use)''
 
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* Intelligence (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
 
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=== Related systems  ===
 
=== Related systems  ===
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Describe (and/or link to) other systems related
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SAGfLOR is part of the set of tools [[SADfLOR]], whom also belongs:
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* [[SADfLOR/INfLOR|INfLOR]]
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* [[SADfLOR/DECfLOR|DECfLOR]]
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== Data and data models ==
 
== Data and data models ==
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[[Image:SAGfLOR alternativas.png|thumb|400px|Selecting management alternatives for the DUNAS model]]
  
 
=== Typical spatial extent of application  ===
 
=== Typical spatial extent of application  ===
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* [[:Category:Eucalyptus globulus |Eucalypt]] (''Eucalyptus globulus'' Labill.)
 
* [[:Category:Eucalyptus globulus |Eucalypt]] (''Eucalyptus globulus'' Labill.)
  
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For simulation of Maritime pine stands was used on the northern coastal region, the stand level model DUNAS <ref>FALCAO</ref>, and another model for inland mountainous regions <ref>OLIVEIRA</ref>. For Eucalypt the version 1.0.1 of the GLOBULUS <ref>TOMÉ</ref> model was implemented. Cork oak was the sole species that inclued an individual tree model, based on the SUBER <ref>TOMÉ</ref> growth and yield individual tree model.
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For simulation of Maritime pine stands was used on the northern coastal region, the stand level model DUNAS<ref>FALCÃO, A. (1999): DUNAS -- A Growth Model for the National Forest of Leiria. in AMARO A. et TOMÉ M. (Eds.), ''Proceedings in the IUFRO Workshop Empirical and Process-Based Models for Forest Tree and Stand Growth Simulation''. Oeiras, Portugal: Ediçoes Salamandra, pp. 145-154.</ref>, and another model for inland mountainous regions <ref>OLIVEIRA, A. (1985): ''Tabela de Produção Geral para o Pinheiro Bravo das Regiões Montanas e Sub-Montanas''. Direcção Geral das Florestas. Centro de Estudos Florestais. INIC. Lisboa.</ref>. For Eucalypt the version 1.0.1 of the GLOBULUS<ref>TOMÉ, M.M., A. FALCÃO et A. AMARO (1998): GLOBULUS V.1.0.0: a regionalized growth model for eucalypt plantations in Portugal. in ORTEGA A. et GEZAN S. (Eds.), ''Modelling Growth of Fast-Grown Tree Species, Proceedings, IUFRO Conference''. Valdivia, Chile: IUFRO, pp. 138-145.</ref> model was implemented. Cork oak was the sole species that inclued an individual tree model, based on the SUBER <ref>TOMÉ M., M.B. COELHO, H. PEREIRA et F. LOPES (1999): A management oriented growth and yield model for cork oak stands in Portugal. in AMARO A. et TOMÉ M. (Eds.), ''Proceedings in the IUFRO Workshop Empirical and Process-Based Models for Forest Tree and Stand Growth Simulation''. Oeiras, Portugal: Ediçoes Salamandra, pp. 271-289.</ref> growth and yield individual tree model.
  
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== Decision Support ==
 
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=== Definition of management interventions ===
 
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Define what is available for the manager to intervene in the forest: time of harvest, plantations, thinnings, reconversions...
 
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Existence of prescription writer, simple enumeration of all possibilities, scenario simulation , etc.
 
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=== Typical temporal scale of application ===
 
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=== Types of decisions supported  ===
 
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== Output ==
 
== Output ==
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[[Image:SAGfLOR selecçao.png|thumb|400px|Spatial visualization of the selected management units]]
  
 
=== Types of  outputs ===
 
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Types of outputs produced (tables, maps, 3-D visualizations, pre-programmed summaries, etc)
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SAGfLOR outputs are harvest schedules shown in screen and ready to be used by the [[SADfLOR/DECfLOR|DECfLOR]] optimization tool.
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Evaluate interactions between different basic information types (biophysical, economic, social). Produce coordinated results for decision makers operating at different spatial scales facilitate social negotiation and learning
 
  
 
== System ==
 
== System ==
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=== System requirements  ===
 
=== System requirements  ===
 
* Operating Systems: Microsoft<sup>®</sup> Windows™ OS
 
* Operating Systems: Microsoft<sup>®</sup> Windows™ OS
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* Development status
 
  
 
=== Architecture and major DSS components ===
 
=== Architecture and major DSS components ===
 
It was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic™ and MapObject LT™.
 
It was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic™ and MapObject LT™.
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A user's manual has been published<ref>FALCÃO A. et J.G. BORGES (1999): ''SAGfLOR 2.0: Manual de Utilização. Simulador de Alternativas de Gestão''. GEGREF Grupo de Economia e Gestão de Recursos Florestais. Documento No 5. 50pp.</ref>.
  
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==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:09, 14 October 2012

General System description

System name: Simulador de Alternativas de Gestão

Acronym: SAGfLOR

Brief Overview

SAGfLOR is the prescription writer of general system SADfLOR. SAGfLOR connects to the Management Information System INfLOR allowing for complex area selection procedures and generation of prescriptions or Linear or MIP programming models to be solved by the decision support models (DECfLOR).

Support for specific issues

Harvest scheduling, coppices management, cork yield.

Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type

  • Silvicultural
  • Certification
  • Conservation
  • Development choices / land use zoning
  • Policy/intervention alternatives

Related systems

SAGfLOR is part of the set of tools SADfLOR, whom also belongs:


Data and data models

Selecting management alternatives for the DUNAS model

Typical spatial extent of application

It can be used both in forest and stand level.

Forest data input

Some data is required in order to build the management alternatives.

Type of information input from user (via GUI)

The user has to add some information in order to build the appropriate model, as target products flow or spatial relationships.


Models

Forest simulation models

SAGfLOR was built as an architecture that allowed adding modules for including several types of silviculture and species. In its current form it allows for simulation of the most important Portuguese forest species, namely:

For simulation of Maritime pine stands was used on the northern coastal region, the stand level model DUNAS[1], and another model for inland mountainous regions [2]. For Eucalypt the version 1.0.1 of the GLOBULUS[3] model was implemented. Cork oak was the sole species that inclued an individual tree model, based on the SUBER [4] growth and yield individual tree model.


Output

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Spatial visualization of the selected management units

Types of outputs

SAGfLOR outputs are harvest schedules shown in screen and ready to be used by the DECfLOR optimization tool.


System

System requirements

  • Operating Systems: Microsoft® Windows™ OS

Architecture and major DSS components

It was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic™ and MapObject LT™.

Documentation and support

A user's manual has been published[5].


References

Cited references

  1. ↑ FALCÃO, A. (1999): DUNAS -- A Growth Model for the National Forest of Leiria. in AMARO A. et TOMÉ M. (Eds.), Proceedings in the IUFRO Workshop Empirical and Process-Based Models for Forest Tree and Stand Growth Simulation. Oeiras, Portugal: Ediçoes Salamandra, pp. 145-154.
  2. ↑ OLIVEIRA, A. (1985): Tabela de Produção Geral para o Pinheiro Bravo das Regiões Montanas e Sub-Montanas. Direcção Geral das Florestas. Centro de Estudos Florestais. INIC. Lisboa.
  3. ↑ TOMÉ, M.M., A. FALCÃO et A. AMARO (1998): GLOBULUS V.1.0.0: a regionalized growth model for eucalypt plantations in Portugal. in ORTEGA A. et GEZAN S. (Eds.), Modelling Growth of Fast-Grown Tree Species, Proceedings, IUFRO Conference. Valdivia, Chile: IUFRO, pp. 138-145.
  4. ↑ TOMÉ M., M.B. COELHO, H. PEREIRA et F. LOPES (1999): A management oriented growth and yield model for cork oak stands in Portugal. in AMARO A. et TOMÉ M. (Eds.), Proceedings in the IUFRO Workshop Empirical and Process-Based Models for Forest Tree and Stand Growth Simulation. Oeiras, Portugal: Ediçoes Salamandra, pp. 271-289.
  5. ↑ FALCÃO A. et J.G. BORGES (1999): SAGfLOR 2.0: Manual de Utilização. Simulador de Alternativas de Gestão. GEGREF Grupo de Economia e Gestão de Recursos Florestais. Documento No 5. 50pp.
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