FOREST: A System for Developing and Evaluating Ecosystem Simulation Models
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FOREST is a software environment for designing, implementing, and evaluating ecosystem simulations. Written in Java, it encourages modelers to use an object-oriented design to promote extensibility and model reuse. The paper introduces a new design pattern, called the Event Handler Pattern, that allows modelers to extend an existing class hierarchy without modifying existing code.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003