Ontology-Based Simulation Applied to Soil, Water, and Nutrient Management

Howard Beck (), Kelly Morgan, Yunchul Jung, Jin Wu, Sabine Grunwald and Ho-young Kwon
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Howard Beck: Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida

A chapter in Advances in Modeling Agricultural Systems, 2009, pp 209-242 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Ontology-based simulation is an approach to modeling in which an ontology is used to represent all elements of a model. In this approach, modeling is viewed as a knowledge representation problem rather than a software engineering problem. Ontology-based techniques can be applied to describe system structure, represent equations and symbols, establish connections to external databases, manage model bases, and integrate models with additional information resources. Ontology reasoners have the potential to automatically compare, organize, search for, and discover models and model elements. We present an environment for building simulations based on the Lyra ontology management system, which includes Web-based visual design tools used for constructing models. An example application based on a model of soil, water, and nutrient management in citrus that uses the approach is also presented.

Keywords: Soil Profile; Unify Modeling Language; Irrigation Schedule; Property Restriction; Model Ontology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75181-8_11

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