Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic

Lesson

ID	33
Has statement	Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic and/or empirical models, eg yield tables from other countries
Has evidence	It was decided to develop a highly detailed system in order that it could be used in the most complex forest management planning situations encountered in Ireland. The idea was that in simpler planning cases, the components that were not needed could be ignored. However, based on the most recent feedback from the management companies, the overall complexity of the system is off-putting and managers and consultants are apprehensive about the long learning curve associated with using the system.
Has consequences	It assures that a plan obtains a preliminary step on certification process
Has recommendation for action	Development of a 'light' version of the DSS, which could be used in 'simple' cases, with the option of users migrating to the detailed version as forest management problems become more complex in a maturing forest estate.
Has domain	Models and methods, User interface and outputs, Architecture
Has DSS development stage	Specification, Use
Has decision stage	organization
Has temporal scale	Long term (strategic)
Has spatial context	Spatial with neighbourhood interrelations
Has spatial scale	Regional/national level
Has objectives dimension	Multiple objectives
Has goods and services dimension	Market services, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension	More than one decision maker/stakeholder
Has country	Germany
Has reference
Has related DSS	PYL
Has related case	Belgium-Participative modelling of long-term wood production in the forest complex ‘Bosland’
Has related lesson
Has other relevant information	This requirement depends on the problem statement; some problems can be solved without neighbourhood interrelations. Some problems with neighbourhood interrelations, such as demanding a large area of interior conditions (no edge effects) tend to be large combinatorial problems.
Has working group theme	Dss development process, Models & techniques
Has DSS development	Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic.Description of DSS development
Has decision support techniques	Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic.Decision support techniques
Has knowledge management processes	Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic.Knowledge management process
Has support for social participation	Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic.Support of social participation
Has actor perspective	Developer/Architect, Researcher
Has researcher role
Has user role
Has developer role

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