Features of the SIMPLACE Framework

Stakeholders and Decision Makers

· Multilanguage support

· Role management and form based simplified workflow

· Platform independent design

· Context specific documentation

· Visualization of geographically referenced data (GIS) and chart as standard outputs

· Possibility to create and store own scenarios

· Visualization of prepared scenarios

Scientists

· Flexible data input and output interfaces including database, csv, excel and xml

· Ontology based documentation of variables in model components

· Well defined model component and variable meta information as standard

· Simplistic creation of new model solutions by linking predefined model components

· Project mode for regional simulations

· Automated sensitivity and calibration with xml-based configuration

Developers

· Plug-in structure for GUI-Functions, background processes, model components and in- and output processes

· Interface to start and step models from external systems