An approach to multiscale modelling with graph grammars.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Functional-structural plant models (FSPMs) simulate biological processes at different spatial scales. Methods exist for multiscale data representation and modification, but the advantages of using multiple scales in the dynamic aspects of FSPMs remain unclear. Results from multiscale models in various other areas of science that share fundamental modelling issues with FSPMs suggest that potential advantages do exist, and this study therefore aims to introduce an approach to multiscale modelling in FSPMs.

Methods

A three-part graph data structure and grammar is revisited, and presented with a conceptual framework for multiscale modelling. The framework is used for identifying roles, categorizing and describing scale-to-scale interactions, thus allowing alt

SUBMITTER: Ong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4156127 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature