Heureka

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General System description

System name: Heureka

Brief overview

Heureka DSS is being developed within the Heureka research programme. It provides an analysis and planning set of tools for multi-purpose forestry and environmental protection.
Heureka logo

Scope of the system

Heureka consists of a set of decision support tools for forest resources analysis and planning. This DSS is still in development. It will provide utilities as timber and bio-fuel production, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and recreation. It is divided into three different tools, depending on the potential users and problems:

  • RegWise - Regional analyses of forest development
  • PlanWise - Planning and analyses for small and large companies
  • StandWise - Analyses of silviculture treatments and stand development for single stands
Heureka applications will be developed to cover all forest management decisions; from national and regional planning to small forest management planning, and from strategic level, long-term planning, to operational decisions[1].
Screeenshot of the simulation visualizator Beståndsvis, part of the Heureka project

System origin

  • Heureka's research programme is carried by SLU and Skogforsk. It is planned to finish in October 2009.
  • how was it developed
  • is it a commercial product
  • does it have real-life application cases

Related systems

Heureka aims to eventually replace two Swedish former DSSs[2]:


References

Cited references

  1. ANONYMOUS (2005): The Heureka Research Programme. Final Report for Phase 1, October 2002–September 2005. Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala. (pdf available)
  2. ANDERSSON, M., B. DAHLIN et M. MOSSBERG (2005): The Forest Time Machine — a multi-purpose forest management decision-support system. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 49, 114–128.

External resources