Modeling Complex Forest Ecology in a Parallel Computing Infrastructure

Effective stewardship of forest ecosystems make it imperative to measure, monitor, and predict the dynamic changes of forest ecology. Measuring and monitoring provides us a picture of a forest's current state and the necessary data to formulate models for prediction. However, societal and natural events alter the course of a forest's development. A simulation environment that takes into account these events will facilitate forest management. In this thesis, we describe an efficient parallel implementation of a land cover use model, Mosaic, and discuss the development efforts to incorporate spatial interaction and succession dynamics into the model. To evaluate the performance of our implementation, an extensive set of simulation experiments was carried out using a dataset representing the H.J. Andrews Forest in the Oregon Cascades. Results indicate that a significant reduction in the simulation execution time of our parallel model can be achieved as compared to uni-processor simulations.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• Mayes, John

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mikler, Armin R.
• Boukerche, Azzedine
• Tarau, Paul
• Jacob, Roy T.

• Forest ecology -- Computer simulation.
• simulation
• parallel simulation
• forest simulation
• semi-Markov
• land cover

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Mayes, John
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 53362789
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4305/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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