The rule-based language XL and the modelling environment GroIMP illustrated with simulated tree competition
2008 | conference paper. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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Hemmerling, Reinhard, Ole Kniemeyer, Dirk Lanwert, Winfried Kurth, and Gerhard H. Buck-Sorlin. "The rule-based language XL and the modelling environment GroIMP illustrated with simulated tree competition." Functional Plant Biology 35, no. 9-10 (2008): 739-750. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP08052.
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- Authors
- Hemmerling, Reinhard; Kniemeyer, Ole; Lanwert, Dirk; Kurth, Winfried; Buck-Sorlin, Gerhard H.
- Abstract
- The programming language XL ('eXtended L-system language') is an extension of Java, which supports the specification and execution of relational growth grammars, a variant of parallel graph grammars. XL is a powerful generalisation of the well-known L-system approach to functional-structural plant modelling. Some features of XL are discussed that are particularly useful for combining structure and function and for querying plant architectural data, and an exemplary functional-structural plant model of young beech trees is presented that is implemented in XL and includes PAR distribution, assimilate allocation and morphological plasticity. Together with a simpler model of spruce trees, this beech model is included in a virtual landscape with a mixed-species forest stand where competition for light occurs. The open-source platform GroIMP was used for the complete model development process and for visualising the results.
- Issue Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Csiro Publishing
- Journal
- Functional Plant Biology
- Organization
- Fakultät für Forstwissenschaften und Waldökologie ; Büsgen-Institut ; Abteilung Ökoinformatik, Biometrie und Waldwachstum
- Conference
- 5th International Workshop on Functional Structural Plant Models
- Conference Place
- Napier, NEW ZEALAND
- ISSN
- 1445-4408