The OptiFor family consists of OPTIFOR and QUASSI, including OptiFor Carbon, OptiFor Wood, OptiFor Bioenergy, OptiFor Climate, QUASSI 1.0, QUASSI 2.0, and QUASSI 3.0. The Python code of QUASSI is available at GitHub.
Scientists involved in OptiFor include automation scientists, biometricians, ecologists, environmental economists, and mathematicians. An example of such interdisciplinary efforts is the QUASSI software.
By integrating the latest simulation and optimization modeling methodologies, such as Bayesian networks, complex system, and parallel system, OptiFor makes the understanding of complex forest ecosystems possible.
In memoriam: Harold Burkhart, University Distinguished Professor, By Krista Timney 23 OCT 2022
JABOWA 4 Forest Computer Model. Solving environmental problems by understanding how nature works
FP0603 - Forest models for research and decision support in sustainable forest management
Managing forests in the 21st century (3-5 March 2020) in Potsdam
Sino-German Workshop on Multifunctionality of Forests 2018
New Frontiers in Forecasting Forests 2018
SFA Key Laboratory of Forest Management and Growth Simulation, 11.4.2018
Adaptive forest management based on simulation-optimization systems, 2017.12
Southern Mensurationists Conference (SOMEN) 2017
The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2016 (08.05.2015)
Empirical models; Process-based models; Hybrid models; Optimization models; Model linkages.
Stochastic processes; Bayesian clibration; Complex systems theory; Importance measures.
Nonlinear programming; Stochastic optimization; Reliability optimization; AI algorithms.
Simulation-optimization system; Parallel control; Complex system management.
Caveats
“All models are wrong, but some are useful.”
George E.P. Box (Statistician)
“What lies still is easy to grasp; What lies far off is easy to anticipate; What is brittle is easy to shatter; What is small is easy to disperse.”
Laozi Chapter 64
“Yet a tree broader than a man can embrace is born of a tiny shoot; A dam greater than a river can overflow starts with a clod of earth; A journey of a thousand miles begins at the spot under one's feet.”
Laozi Chapter 64
“Therefore deal with things before they happen; Create order before there is confusion.”
Laozi Chapter 64
Process-based models, parallel simulation systems, simulation-based optimization.
