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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]]) | + | 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]]) |
| − | [[Category: Pinus pinaster]] | + | [[Category:Pinus pinaster]] |
| − | [[Category: Eucalyptus globulus]] | + | [[Category:Eucalyptus globulus]] |
| − | [[Category: Quercus suber]] | + | [[Category:Quercus suber]] |
| − | [[Category:Harvest scheduling | + | [[Category:Harvest scheduling model]] |
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Revision as of 13:33, 9 September 2009
General System description
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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)
Contents
Scope of the system
- tool encourages decision maker to discover new problems or opportunities by exposing to new information or results
- tool helps decision makers in recognizing upcoming problems for which solutions have been developed previously
- tool allows decision maker to actively create new knowledge when faced with a new problem and to develop novel solutions
- tool allows decision maker to capture knowledge, making it available to decision makers who are seeking solutions from previously solved problems
System origin
- Who and when was it developed
- how was it developed
- is it a commercial product
- does it have real-life application cases
Support for specific issues
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,...
Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type
- Silvicultural
- Certification
- Conservation
- Restoration
- Transportation
- Development choices / land use zoning
- Policy/intervention alternatives
- Sustainability impact assessment (SIA)
Capability to support decision making phases
(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)
- Intelligence (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
- Design (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
- Choice (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
- Monitor (+ explicit description of the support given by the DSS)
Related systems
Describe (and/or link to) other systems related
Data and data models
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:
- Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)
- Cork oak (Quercus suber L.)
- Eucalypt (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.)
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.
Decision Support
Definition of management interventions
Define what is available for the manager to intervene in the forest: time of harvest, plantations, thinnings, reconversions... Existence of prescription writer, simple enumeration of all possibilities, scenario simulation , etc.
Typical temporal scale of application
Define the temporal scale of the application: E.g., operational and immediate level, Tactical planning (short term) and strategic level.
Types of decisions supported
- Management level
- strategic decisions
- administrative decisions
- operating control decisions
- Management function
- planning decisions
- organizing decisions
- command decisions
- control decisions
- coordination decisions
- decision making situation
- unilateral
- collegial
- Bargaining / participative decision making
Decision-making processes and models
- Logic modeling
- Operations research modeling
- Direct approaches
- Heuristic manipulation of simulation models
- Business modeling
- Simulation (with and without stochasticity)
- Multiple criteria/ranking
- Other
Output
Types of outputs
Types of outputs produced (tables, maps, 3-D visualizations, pre-programmed summaries, etc)
Spatial analysis capabilities
- integrated capabilities
- facilitates links to GIS (wizards, etc.)
- provides standard data import/export formats
- allows spatial analysis (e.g. topology overlays (e.g. multi layering of different maps, selection of objects based on selection criteria, aggregation by attributes (e.g. areas of similar characteristics), Linking by logical means, Statistics by area, analysis with digital terrain model)
Abilities to address interdisciplinary, multi-scaled, and political issues
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 requirements
- Operating Systems: Microsoft® Windows™ OS
- Other software needed (GIS, MIP packages, etc...)
- Development status
Architecture and major DSS components
It was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic™ and MapObject LT™.
Usage
Describe the level of use: Research level use, Industry use, Government use
Computational limitations
Describe the system limitations: e.g. number of management units, number of vehicles, time horizon
User interface
Describe the quality of user interface and the Prerequisite knowledge for using the system
Documentation and support
Describe the connection to Help-system and possibilities for assistance, as well as the required training and user support levels
Installation
- Prerequisite knowledge: Level of effort to become functional
- Cost: (purchase price, development costs, demonstrated return on investment, cost of use, training costs, licence and maintenance costs)
- Demo: allows the download/utilization of a trial version. If yes, where is it available and what are the trial conditions.
