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