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== General System description ==
 
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LMS coordinates the flow of information among existing growth models, computer visualization software, and analysis tools to allow the user to simulate the growth and management of stands and landscapes and to view the outcomes.
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=== Scope of the system ===
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The Landscape Management System (LMS) and companion tools are an evolving set of computer applications designed to facilitate the analysis and communication of landscape-scale forest management decisions. They use standard inventory information to integrate many analyses and predict complex changes in stands and landscapes over time.
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The Microsoft Windows computer-based system coordinates the flow of information among existing growth models, computer visualization software, and analysis tools to allow the user to simulate the growth of stands and landscapes and to view the outcomes using a "point-and-click" system. Preferred management scenarios are developed in LMS by evaluating multiple projections that can be done either at the stand or landscape level. Companion tools allow the user to develop and compare many alternatives very rapidly.
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=== System origin ===
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=== Support for specific issues  ===
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* Trade-off methods
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* Risk analysis
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* Landscape planning
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=== Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type  ===
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* Silvicultural
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* Certification
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* Conservation
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* Restoration
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* Policy /intervention alternatives
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=== Capability to support decision making phases  ===
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=== Related systems  ===
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*  LMS: assists in the simulation of stands and landscapes over time.  Users can evaluate management goals and silvicultural pathways, using inventory data, summary tables, and visualization tools.
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* Forest Vegetation Simulator & ORGANON: growth models
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* Stand Visualization System (SVS): stand visualization
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* Envision: landscape visualization
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* Toggle: facilitates the generation of treatment alternatives
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Includes FVS growth models, and WinSVS &  Envision visualization systems.
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== Data and data models ==
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=== Typical spatial extent of application  ===
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* Multi-owner forest
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* Single-owner forest
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* Site
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=== Forest data input  ===
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* Forest
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* Stand
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* Tree
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=== Type of information input from user (via GUI) ===
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* Management
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* Biophysical
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== Models ==
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=== Forest models ===
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* Silvicultural
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* Fire
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=== Social models  ===
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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...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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[Define the temporal scale of the application: E.g., operational and immediate level, Tactical planning (short term) and strategic level.]
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=== Types of decisions supported  ===
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=== Decision-making processes and models ===
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* Simulation
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* Evaluation
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== Output ==
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=== Types of  outputs ===
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*  - 20 standard tables: standing and/or harvested volume, inventors wind hazard, habitat suitability for different species, costs and returns and other features.
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- visualizations of landscape and stand conditions via companion programs
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=== Spatial analysis capabilities  ===
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=== Abilities to address interdisciplinary, multi-scaled, and political issues  ===
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Produces coordinated results for decision makers at different scales: Capability to evaluate landscapes as an aggregate of  stands.
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Facilitates social negotiation / learning: Useful in demonstration of silvicultural alternatives for evaluation of alternatives.
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== System ==
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=== System requirements  ===
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Operating systems: Windows2000, WindowsXP
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Other software needed: Includes FVS growth models, and WinSVS &  Envision visualization systems.
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Development status: Regularly distributed
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=== Architecture and major DSS components ===
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[Describe the basic architecture of the system in software and hardware. Desktop client-server, web based, as well as the  integration with available systems.Basic data flow, focusing on retrieval of required input and propagation and implementations of decisions. Mention its modular and scalability capabilities.]
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=== Usage ===
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[Describe the level of use: Research level use, Industry use, Government use.]
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Number of general users: [select]
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Number using for biodiversity issues: [select]
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=== Computational limitations ===
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[Describe the system limitations: e.g. number of management units, number of vehicles, time horizon.]
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=== User interface ===
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User interface quality:
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Complexity of system / user interface:  (Medium)
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=== Documentation and support ===
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Documentation: Windows Help File, Tutorials (pdf) on-line or distributed on CD-ROM.
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Training: 10+ tutorials are available online. Online discussion group. 2-3 day training sessions offered (see web site).
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=== Installation ===
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Prerequisite knowledge needed: Forestry knowledge useful.  Microsoft Excel useful for customized analysis.
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Cost: Free
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Demo:
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== References ==
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=== Cited references ===
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<references/>
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=== External resources ===
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Website: http://lms.cfr.washington.edu/
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* Marzluff, J. M., J. J. Millspaugh, K. R. Ceder, C. D. Oliver, J. Whithey, J. B. McCarter, C. L. Mason, and J. Comnick. 2002. Modeling changes in wildlife habitat and timber revenues in response forest management. Forest Science 48:191-202.
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*McCarter, J.B., J.S. Wilson, P.J. Baker, J.L. Moffett, and C.D. Oliver. 1998. Landscape management through integration of existing tools and emerging technologies. Journal of Forestry. June 1998:17-23.
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*Comnick, J.M. 2002. Development and Application of a Decision Support Tool to Analyze Alternatives for Landscapes Composed of Multiple Ownerships. College of Forest Resources. Seattle, WA : University of Washington.

Revision as of 17:09, 11 September 2010


General System description

System Name: Landscape Management System

Acronym: LMS

Brief overview

LMS coordinates the flow of information among existing growth models, computer visualization software, and analysis tools to allow the user to simulate the growth and management of stands and landscapes and to view the outcomes.

Scope of the system

The Landscape Management System (LMS) and companion tools are an evolving set of computer applications designed to facilitate the analysis and communication of landscape-scale forest management decisions. They use standard inventory information to integrate many analyses and predict complex changes in stands and landscapes over time.

The Microsoft Windows computer-based system coordinates the flow of information among existing growth models, computer visualization software, and analysis tools to allow the user to simulate the growth of stands and landscapes and to view the outcomes using a "point-and-click" system. Preferred management scenarios are developed in LMS by evaluating multiple projections that can be done either at the stand or landscape level. Companion tools allow the user to develop and compare many alternatives very rapidly.

System origin

Support for specific issues

  • Trade-off methods
  • Risk analysis
  • Landscape planning

Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type

  • Silvicultural
  • Certification
  • Conservation
  • Restoration
  • Policy /intervention alternatives

Capability to support decision making phases

Related systems

  • LMS: assists in the simulation of stands and landscapes over time. Users can evaluate management goals and silvicultural pathways, using inventory data, summary tables, and visualization tools.
  • Forest Vegetation Simulator & ORGANON: growth models
  • Stand Visualization System (SVS): stand visualization
  • Envision: landscape visualization
  • Toggle: facilitates the generation of treatment alternatives 
Includes FVS growth models, and WinSVS &  Envision visualization systems.

Data and data models

Typical spatial extent of application

  • Multi-owner forest
  • Single-owner forest
  • Site

Forest data input

  • Forest
  • Stand
  • Tree

Type of information input from user (via GUI)

  • Management
  • Biophysical

Models

Forest models

  • Silvicultural
  • Fire


Social models

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

Decision-making processes and models

  • Simulation
  • Evaluation

Output

Types of outputs

  • - 20 standard tables: standing and/or harvested volume, inventors wind hazard, habitat suitability for different species, costs and returns and other features.

- visualizations of landscape and stand conditions via companion programs

Spatial analysis capabilities

Abilities to address interdisciplinary, multi-scaled, and political issues

Produces coordinated results for decision makers at different scales: Capability to evaluate landscapes as an aggregate of stands.

Facilitates social negotiation / learning: Useful in demonstration of silvicultural alternatives for evaluation of alternatives.

System

System requirements

Operating systems: Windows2000, WindowsXP

Other software needed: Includes FVS growth models, and WinSVS & Envision visualization systems.

Development status: Regularly distributed

Architecture and major DSS components

[Describe the basic architecture of the system in software and hardware. Desktop client-server, web based, as well as the integration with available systems.Basic data flow, focusing on retrieval of required input and propagation and implementations of decisions. Mention its modular and scalability capabilities.]

Usage

[Describe the level of use: Research level use, Industry use, Government use.]

Number of general users: [select]

Number using for biodiversity issues: [select]

Computational limitations

[Describe the system limitations: e.g. number of management units, number of vehicles, time horizon.]

User interface

User interface quality:

Complexity of system / user interface: (Medium)

Documentation and support

Documentation: Windows Help File, Tutorials (pdf) on-line or distributed on CD-ROM.

Training: 10+ tutorials are available online. Online discussion group. 2-3 day training sessions offered (see web site).

Installation

Prerequisite knowledge needed: Forestry knowledge useful. Microsoft Excel useful for customized analysis.

Cost: Free

Demo:

References

Cited references


External resources

Website: http://lms.cfr.washington.edu/

  • Marzluff, J. M., J. J. Millspaugh, K. R. Ceder, C. D. Oliver, J. Whithey, J. B. McCarter, C. L. Mason, and J. Comnick. 2002. Modeling changes in wildlife habitat and timber revenues in response forest management. Forest Science 48:191-202.
  • McCarter, J.B., J.S. Wilson, P.J. Baker, J.L. Moffett, and C.D. Oliver. 1998. Landscape management through integration of existing tools and emerging technologies. Journal of Forestry. June 1998:17-23.
  • Comnick, J.M. 2002. Development and Application of a Decision Support Tool to Analyze Alternatives for Landscapes Composed of Multiple Ownerships. College of Forest Resources. Seattle, WA : University of Washington.
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