iLand agent based forest management engine (ABE)

ABE is the Agent Based management Engine that allows the simulation of both forest management activties (e.g., harvesting of trees) and forest managers (e.g., deciding when and where to execute an activity). More...

Classes
class	ABELayers
	ABELayers is a helper class for spatial visualization of ABE data. More...
class	ABE::ActGeneral
	The ActGeneral class is an all-purpose activity and implements no specific forest management activity. More...
class	ABE::Activity
	Activity is the base class for management activities. More...
class	ABE::ActPlanting
	The ActPlanting class implements artificial regeneration (i.e., planting of trees). More...
class	ABE::ActSalvage
	The ActSalvage class handles salvage logging after disturbances. More...
class	ABE::ActScheduled
	The ActScheduled class is an all-purpose activity (similar to ActGeneral). More...
class	ABE::ActThinning
	The ActThinning class implements a very general interface to thinning activties. More...
class	ABE::Agent
	The Agent is the core element of the agent based forest management model and simulates a foresters decisions. More...
class	ABE::AgentType
	AgentType is the archtype agent including the agents decision logic. More...
class	ABE::FMStand
	FMStand encapsulates a forest stand for the forest management engine. More...
class	ABE::FMSTP
	The FMSTP class encapsulates a stand treatment program, which is defined in Javascript. More...
class	ABE::FMTreeList
	The FMTreeList class implements low-level functionality for selecting and harvesting of trees. More...
class	ABE::FMUnit
	The FMUnit represents a management unit, i.e. More...
class	ABE::FomeScript
	FomeScript provides general helping functions for the Javascript world. More...
class	ABE::ForestManagementEngine
	the ForestManagementEngine is the container for the agent based forest management engine. More...
class	ABE::Scheduler
	The Scheduler class schedules the forest management activities on a planning unit. More...

Detailed Description

ABE is the Agent Based management Engine that allows the simulation of both forest management activties (e.g., harvesting of trees) and forest managers (e.g., deciding when and where to execute an activity).

The ABE framework relies heavily on a blend of C++ (for low-level management activties) and Javascript (for higher level definition of management programs).

The smallest spatial entity is a forest stand (FMStand), which may be grouped into forest management unit (FMUnit). Forest managers (Agent) can select stand treatment programs (FMSTP) for a unit. The management activities derive from a basic activity (Activity); specialized code exists for various activities such as planting or thinning. A scheduler (Scheduler) keeps track of where and when to execute activities following guidelines given by the management agent (Agent). Agents represent individual foresters that may be grouped into AgentTypes (e.g., farmers).