Hydrologic Model Development Using A Loosely Integrated Paradigm

<p>Component software architectures offer an alternative approach for building large, complex hydrologic models. In contrast to more traditional software paradigms (i.e. procedural or object-oriented approaches), component-based approaches allow individuals to construct autonomous modeling units that can be linked together through shared boundary conditions. One of the challenges in component-based modeling is designing a simple yet robust means for authoring model components. This is addressed by presenting an approach for efficiently creating standards-based, process-level hydrologic model components. Using this approach, a process is developed into a model component by (1) authoring a configuration file that defines its properties and (2) creating a class with three methods to define the pre-run, run time, and post-run behavior. The design and implementation of this approach are discussed, then its usage is demonstrated by creating an OpenMI-compliant model component for a basic hydrologic process.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science and Engineering

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Castronova, Anthony Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jonathan L Goodall

• Computer Sciences
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Engineering
• Physical Sciences and Mathematics
• Component-based modeling
• Hydrologic modeling
• Integrated modeling
• Modeling software architectures
• Multidisciplinary modeling
• Water resources

Statement dc:rights

• © 2011, Anthony Michael Castronova

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/776

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-1777