A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation
Qualitative Reasoning modelling has been promoted as a tool for formalising, integrating and exploring conceptual knowledge in ecological systems, such as river rehabilitation, which draw different information from multiple domains. A qualitative model was developed in Garp3 to capture and formalise...
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ftunivhullir:oai:hull-repository.worktribe.com:387095 2024-05-19T07:37:48+00:00 A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation Noble, R. A. A. Cowx, I. G. Bredeweg, B. Linnebank, F. Salles, P. 2009-10-09 https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/387095 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.09.006 unknown Elsevier https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/387095 Ecological Informatics Volume 4 Issue 5-6 Pagination 299-319 doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.09.006 1574-9541 doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.09.006 Salmon Life cycle Qualitative reasoning River rehabilitation Simulation Conceptual modelling Specialist Research - Other Journal Article 2009 ftunivhullir https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.09.006 2024-04-19T00:02:30Z Qualitative Reasoning modelling has been promoted as a tool for formalising, integrating and exploring conceptual knowledge in ecological systems, such as river rehabilitation, which draw different information from multiple domains. A qualitative model was developed in Garp3 to capture and formalise knowledge about river rehabilitation and the management of an Atlantic salmon population, for use in an educational setting. The model integrated information about the ecology of the salmon life cycle, the environmental factors that may limit the survival of key life stages and their links with human activities such as agriculture, habitat rehabilitation and fishing. Whilst the compositional approach to qualitative modelling allowed simple representation of component concepts, the successful integration of these components in simulations of complex scenarios required a number of abstract representations, assumptions and technical modelling solutions to handle aspects of ambiguity and complexity, and to obtain the desired system behaviour. The final scenarios and simulations produced were able to represent river rehabilitation concepts in the context of a complete life cycle, but at this scale processing the simulations was very time consuming. Therefore, to handle this complexity an additional series of smaller demonstrator scenarios was developed that succinctly explored individual concepts within the system. This study indicates that qualitative modelling may be a valuable tool for exploring large systems, provided suitable means can be used to handle complexity and ambiguity. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon University of Hull: Repository@Hull Ecological Informatics 4 5-6 299 319 |
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Qualitative Reasoning modelling has been promoted as a tool for formalising, integrating and exploring conceptual knowledge in ecological systems, such as river rehabilitation, which draw different information from multiple domains. A qualitative model was developed in Garp3 to capture and formalise knowledge about river rehabilitation and the management of an Atlantic salmon population, for use in an educational setting. The model integrated information about the ecology of the salmon life cycle, the environmental factors that may limit the survival of key life stages and their links with human activities such as agriculture, habitat rehabilitation and fishing. Whilst the compositional approach to qualitative modelling allowed simple representation of component concepts, the successful integration of these components in simulations of complex scenarios required a number of abstract representations, assumptions and technical modelling solutions to handle aspects of ambiguity and complexity, and to obtain the desired system behaviour. The final scenarios and simulations produced were able to represent river rehabilitation concepts in the context of a complete life cycle, but at this scale processing the simulations was very time consuming. Therefore, to handle this complexity an additional series of smaller demonstrator scenarios was developed that succinctly explored individual concepts within the system. This study indicates that qualitative modelling may be a valuable tool for exploring large systems, provided suitable means can be used to handle complexity and ambiguity. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Noble, R. A. A. Cowx, I. G. Bredeweg, B. Linnebank, F. Salles, P. |
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Noble, R. A. A. Cowx, I. G. Bredeweg, B. Linnebank, F. Salles, P. |
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A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation |
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A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation |
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A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation |
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A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation |
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A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation |
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qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation |
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