This is a Java-based toolkit for creating individual/agent-based models of the plankton ecosystem from phenotypic equations, using the Lagrangian Ensemble Integration method. It includes a somewhat rudimentary equation editing system, resulting in an XML file with equations stored in a latex-like way. These are then code-generated into Java classes for interactive or non-interactive simulations.
The code is most of 20 years old now, dating to my Ph.D (a collaboration between Imperial Department of Computing and Earth Sciences), but I still occasionally receive support requests and projects still arise for its ongoing development. So, here it is, still in usable form in Java, although there is ample room for code improvements.
- You need a JDK installed, with javac in your path.
- Also you need to copy
tools.jarfrom the lib folder of Java, into theVEWfolder. - See
c.batorc.shto compile the VEW. - See
vew.batorvew.shto run the VEW.
- Yes... I haven't worked out how to make several gigabytes of input data available. Get in touch...
To be updated when I have more time. (Post-covid).
As above.