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== General System description ==
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System name: Hylobius Management Support System
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Acronym: HMSS
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=== Brief overview ===
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The aim of HMSS is to integrate knowledge related to the management of ''Hylobius abietis'' (Pine Weevil) on conifer restock sites.
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[[Category:Decision support system|Decision support system]]
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[[Category:GB Forestry DSS]]
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__TOC__
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=== Scope of the system ===
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This tool allows the user to evaluate the risk of ''Hylobius abietis'' attack, helping to schedule the operations of conifer restocking in order to predict and reduce transplant damage, insecticide use and costs of establishment.
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=== System origin ===
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* Developed by Roger Moore, Andrew Peace and Stephen Bathgate.
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* Used in public and private sector. Usage encouraged by FSC constraints on insecticide usage.
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=== Support for specific issues  ===
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Guidance upon effectiveness of site operations and plant specifications in the context of reducing tree losses to Hylobius.
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=== Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type  ===
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* Silvicultural
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* Certification
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* Development choices / land use zoning
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* Policy/intervention alternatives
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* Sustainability impact assessment (SIA)
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=== Capability to support decision making phases  ===
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* Intelligence
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:gives user optimal planting date.
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* Design
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:user can define alternate management regimes, e.g. increased insecticide.
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* Choice
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:allows user to vary species choice and management options.
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* Monitor
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:users must carry out system specific site based monitoring of insect populations.
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=== Related systems  ===
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* [[ESC]]
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* [[EMIS]]
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== Data and data models ==
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=== Typical spatial extent of application  ===
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Restock clearfell.
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=== Forest data input  ===
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Location via OS GB six figure grid reference, e.g. NT090950. Time of felling and area felled also required.
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=== Type of information input from user (via GUI) ===
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Billet count (insect population) data.
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== Models ==
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=== Forest models ===
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Hylobius population dynamics model
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== Decision Support ==
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=== Definition of management interventions ===
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Timing of planting, insecticide spraying, nematode treatment, species choice.
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Prescription enumerating selected possibilities at stand level.
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Point based GIS/Spreadsheet population projection for the 5 year attack period.
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=== Typical temporal scale of application ===
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Upto 5 years of population data if sites are monitored immediately after felling.
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=== Types of decisions supported  ===
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*Management level
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**strategic decisions
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**administrative decisions
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**operating control decisions
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* Management function
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* planning decisions
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**organizing decisions
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**command decisions
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**control decisions
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** coordination decisions
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*decision making situation
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**unilateral
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** collegial
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**Bargaining / participative decision making
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=== Decision-making processes and models ===
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*Operations research modeling
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**Direct approaches
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**Heuristic manipulation of simulation models
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*Multiple criteria/ranking
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*Other
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== Output ==
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=== Types of  outputs ===
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Stand version generates tables in HTML or spreadsheet/GIS compatible population projections with insect migration ranges.
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=== Spatial analysis capabilities  ===
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* GIS links via data export.
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* provides standard data import/export formats
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* allows spatial analysis
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=== Abilities to address interdisciplinary, multi-scaled, and political issues  ===
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Evaluate interactions between different basic information types (biophysical, economic, social). Produce coordinated results for decision makers operating at different spatial scales facilitate social negotiation and learning
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== System ==
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=== System requirements  ===
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* Java library deployed on Linux and Windows. UI available at stand level via web, or batch system via command line.
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* Utilises many open source Java libraries, GIS required for spatial visualisation. Data currently managed in Oracle database.
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=== Architecture and major DSS components ===
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3 tier architecture ( UI, Models, Data)
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Web based UI using JSP, HTML, CSS
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Models are implemented in java and could be integrated with other DSS libraries.
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Modular.
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=== Usage ===
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Used in public and private sector forestry in upland conditions in GB and Ireland.
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=== Computational limitations ===
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Fairly light computationally.
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=== User interface ===
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Web UI requires designed in linear style to guide user through system.
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=== Documentation and support ===
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Training course covering software and field based monitoring. Support available via email.
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=== Installation ===
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* Prerequisite knowledge: Requires web browser. Server installation requires specialised skills and tools. Batch mode requires some configuration on host machine.
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* Subscription based service
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==References==
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===External resources===
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[http://www.eforestry.gov.uk/forestdss Forest Research Decision Support Portal]

Latest revision as of 10:31, 13 November 2014

Wiki quality control

Has flag N/A

Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name Roger Moore
Has acronym HMSS
Has wiki contact person Stephen Bathgate
Has wiki contact e-mail stephen.bathgate@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Software identification

Has software HylobiusManagementSupportSystem.Software

Description

Has description A decision support system for managing plantation establishment in the context of Hylobius abietis (Pine Weevil) threats. The system allows the user to plan a site monitoring exercise to determine insect density and examine management/control options to minimise transplant losses.
Has modelling scope Economical indicators, Forest indicators, Contribution to forest certification
Has temporal scale Short term (operational)
Has spatial context Spatial with no neighbourhood interrelations
Has spatial scale Stand level
Has objectives dimension Single objective
Has related DSS
Has goods and services dimension Non-market services
Has decision making dimension Single decision maker
Has forest management goal afforestation management
Supports tree species Sitka Spruce and Scots Pine
Supports silvicultural regime even-aged

Concrete application

Has typical use case
Has user profile private legal entities (cooperatives / corporations / trusts / partnerships / condominium associations), public land managers (i.e. state-owned / federal / cantonal / communal forests), national forest administration
Has country United Kingdom
Has references about examples of application
Has number of users <=100
Has number of real-life applications <=3
Has utilisation in education used by students
Has research project reference
Has tool dissemination

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques HylobiusManagementSupportSystem.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes HylobiusManagementSupportSystem.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation HylobiusManagementSupportSystem.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development HylobiusManagementSupportSystem.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-6T6LP4
Has online demo
Has manual No
Has technical documentation No
Has reference Training course offered by Forestry Commission Learning and Development

General System description

System name: Hylobius Management Support System

Acronym: HMSS

Brief overview

The aim of HMSS is to integrate knowledge related to the management of Hylobius abietis (Pine Weevil) on conifer restock sites.

Scope of the system

This tool allows the user to evaluate the risk of Hylobius abietis attack, helping to schedule the operations of conifer restocking in order to predict and reduce transplant damage, insecticide use and costs of establishment.

System origin

  • Developed by Roger Moore, Andrew Peace and Stephen Bathgate.
  • Used in public and private sector. Usage encouraged by FSC constraints on insecticide usage.

Support for specific issues

Guidance upon effectiveness of site operations and plant specifications in the context of reducing tree losses to Hylobius.

Support for specific thematic areas of a problem type

  • Silvicultural
  • Certification
  • Development choices / land use zoning
  • Policy/intervention alternatives
  • Sustainability impact assessment (SIA)

Capability to support decision making phases

  • Intelligence
gives user optimal planting date.
  • Design
user can define alternate management regimes, e.g. increased insecticide.
  • Choice
allows user to vary species choice and management options.
  • Monitor
users must carry out system specific site based monitoring of insect populations.

Related systems


Data and data models

Typical spatial extent of application

Restock clearfell.

Forest data input

Location via OS GB six figure grid reference, e.g. NT090950. Time of felling and area felled also required.

Type of information input from user (via GUI)

Billet count (insect population) data.


Models

Forest models

Hylobius population dynamics model


Decision Support

Definition of management interventions

Timing of planting, insecticide spraying, nematode treatment, species choice.

Prescription enumerating selected possibilities at stand level.

Point based GIS/Spreadsheet population projection for the 5 year attack period.

Typical temporal scale of application

Upto 5 years of population data if sites are monitored immediately after felling.

Types of decisions supported

  • Management level
    • strategic decisions
    • administrative decisions
    • operating control decisions
  • Management function
  • planning decisions
    • organizing decisions
    • command decisions
    • control decisions
    • coordination decisions
  • decision making situation
    • unilateral
    • collegial
    • Bargaining / participative decision making

Decision-making processes and models

  • Operations research modeling
    • Direct approaches
    • Heuristic manipulation of simulation models
  • Multiple criteria/ranking
  • Other


Output

Types of outputs

Stand version generates tables in HTML or spreadsheet/GIS compatible population projections with insect migration ranges.

Spatial analysis capabilities

  • GIS links via data export.
  • provides standard data import/export formats
  • allows spatial analysis

Abilities to address interdisciplinary, multi-scaled, and political issues

Evaluate interactions between different basic information types (biophysical, economic, social). Produce coordinated results for decision makers operating at different spatial scales facilitate social negotiation and learning

System

System requirements

  • Java library deployed on Linux and Windows. UI available at stand level via web, or batch system via command line.
  • Utilises many open source Java libraries, GIS required for spatial visualisation. Data currently managed in Oracle database.

Architecture and major DSS components

3 tier architecture ( UI, Models, Data)

Web based UI using JSP, HTML, CSS

Models are implemented in java and could be integrated with other DSS libraries.

Modular.

Usage

Used in public and private sector forestry in upland conditions in GB and Ireland.

Computational limitations

Fairly light computationally.

User interface

Web UI requires designed in linear style to guide user through system.

Documentation and support

Training course covering software and field based monitoring. Support available via email.

Installation

  • Prerequisite knowledge: Requires web browser. Server installation requires specialised skills and tools. Batch mode requires some configuration on host machine.
  • Subscription based service


References

External resources

Forest Research Decision Support Portal

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