TY - JOUR
T1 - StellaR: A software to translate Stella models into R open-source environment
AU - Naimi, N.
AU - Voinov, A.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Stella is a popular system dynamics modeling tool, which helps to put together conceptual diagrams and converts them into numeric computer models. Although it can be very useful, especially in participatory modeling, it lacks the power and flexibility of a programming language. This paper presents the StellaR software which translates a Stella model into a model in R, an open source high level programming language. This allows using conceptual modeling tools provided in Stella, together with computational functionality and programming flexibility provided in R. It also opens access to powerful software libraries available in R, which is especially useful for spatial modeling.
AB - Stella is a popular system dynamics modeling tool, which helps to put together conceptual diagrams and converts them into numeric computer models. Although it can be very useful, especially in participatory modeling, it lacks the power and flexibility of a programming language. This paper presents the StellaR software which translates a Stella model into a model in R, an open source high level programming language. This allows using conceptual modeling tools provided in Stella, together with computational functionality and programming flexibility provided in R. It also opens access to powerful software libraries available in R, which is especially useful for spatial modeling.
KW - IR-98727
KW - METIS-294096
KW - ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.05.012
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/library/2012/isi/voinov_ste.pdf
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.05.012
DO - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.05.012
M3 - Article
SN - 1364-8152
VL - 38
SP - 117
EP - 118
JO - Environmental modelling & software
JF - Environmental modelling & software
ER -