AFFOREST-sDSS.Software

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Software

Has responsible organisation The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN)
Has institutional framework research prototype (R&D project)
Has DSS contact person
Has DSS contact e-mail
Has status under development
Has accessibility open source/public access
Is commercial product Yes
Has price
Has deployment cost N/A
Has installation requirements Computer with minimum memory size with 24 MB RAM, ArcView 3.2, folder containing the AFFOREST-sDSS
Has computational limitations Limited only for four European countries (the so-called AFFOREST-region), Not applicable for mixed plantation,It considers only three so-called environmental impact categories (EIC), which are (1) Carbon sequestration, (2) Nitrate leaching, and (3) Water recharge.
Has user support organization The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN)
Has support team size
Has maintenance organization The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN)
Has input data requirements Biophysical data, Climate data, Ecological data, User defined
Has input data format text file, spreadsheet, image data
Has data validation missing/wrong data
Has output data format table, graph, map
Has internal data management database
Has database SQLite
Has GIS integration other
Has data mining
Has spatial analysis
Has user access control Yes
Has parameterised GUI No
Has GUI usability feature Flexibility, Guidance and help
Has map interface N/A
Has GUI technology N/A
Has system type extension (based on standard software), stand-alone GUI
Has application architecture Computer with minimum memory size with24 MB RAM,ArcView 3.2, folder containing the AFFOREST-sDSS.

There are hree different modules (a metamodel, a spatial database and a decision module) and the graphical user interface (GUI)

Has communication architecture N/A
Uses operating system Windows
Uses programming language other
Is scalable No
Supports interoperability
Supports integration with other systems

S. GIL LIAMS1,*, J. VAN ORSHOVEN1, B. MUYS1, H. KROS2, G.W. HEIL3 and W.(2005): VAN DEURSEN4.AFFOREST sDSS: a metamodel based spatial decision support system for afforestation of agricultural land.New Forests 30:33–53 Hansen, K. & Vesterdal, L. (eds.) (2004): Guidelines for planning afforestation on previously managed arable land. Forest & Landscape, Hørsholm, 105 pp. Sven Gilliams1, Jos Van Orshoven1, Karin Hansen2, Hans Skov-Petersen2 and Bart Muys. (2004):The AFFOREST-sDSS tutorial