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| Titel |
Spud 1.0: generalising and automating the user interfaces of scientific computer models |
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D. A. Ham, P. E. Farrell, G. J. Gorman, J. R. Maddison, C. R. Wilson, S. C. Kramer, J. Shipton, G. S. Collins, C. J. Cotter, M. D. Piggott |
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Englisch
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1991-959X
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In: Geoscientific Model Development ; 2, no. 1 ; Nr. 2, no. 1 (2009-03-06), S.33-42 |
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250000420
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/gmd-2-33-2009.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
The interfaces by which users specify the scenarios to be simulated by
scientific computer models are frequently primitive, under-documented and
ad-hoc text files which make using the model in question difficult and
error-prone and significantly increase the development cost of the model. In
this paper, we present a model-independent system, Spud, which formalises
the specification of model input formats in terms of formal grammars. This
is combined with an automated graphical user interface which guides users to
create valid model inputs based on the grammar provided, and a generic
options reading module, libspud, which minimises the development cost of
adding model options.
Together, this provides a user friendly, well documented, self validating
user interface which is applicable to a wide range of scientific models and
which minimises the developer input required to maintain and extend the
model interface. |
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