A model-service deployment strategy for collaboratively sharing geo-analysis models in an open web environment

Wen, Yongning; Chen, Min; Yue, Songshan; Zheng, Peibei; Peng, Guoqiang; Lv, Guonian

doi:10.1080/17538947.2015.1131340

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“…Geographic modeling is an effective way to reveal the nature of geographic phenomena (Demeritt & Wainwright, ). Geo‐analysis models are the products of geographic modeling and are employed for geographic analysis (Lü, ; Wen et al, ; S. Yue et al, ). A geo‐analysis model is an abstraction of the evolution of geospatial entities and their relationships (Belete, Voinov, & Laniak, ).…”

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“…The Open Geographic Modeling and Simulation System (OpenGMS) team has constructed the OpenGMS platform (http://geomodeling.njnu.edu.cn/) to enable the development of solutions for complex geographic problems (Chen, Sheng, Wen, & Su, ; Chen, Sheng, Wen, Tao, & Guo, ; Chen et al, , , ; Lü et al, ; Wen et al, , ; Yue et al, ; S. Yue et al, ). The OpenGMS platform has drafted several standards and specifications (i.e., model‐related metadata and classification) for geo‐analysis model descriptions and aims to make good use of geo‐analysis models, data resources and computing resources that are distributed over the web.…”

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“…Geographic modeling is an effective way to reveal the nature of geographic phenomena (Demeritt & Wainwright, 2005). Geo-analysis models are the products of geographic modeling and are employed for geographic analysis (Lü, 2011;Wen et al, 2017;S. Yue et al, 2016).…”

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“…These service specifications are widely used in the field of geographic modeling and model-related data (i.e., the raw data related to models, including input data, output data and control parameters) sharing in the open web environment; sample applications include the 52°North project (http://52north.org/) and Quantum GIS (QGIS) (QGIS Development Team, 2012). Moreover, the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) and cloud computing are widely used in the sharing and integration of geo-analysis models (Belete, Voinov, & Laniak, 2017;Belete, Voinov, & Morales, 2017;David et al, 2014;Geller & Turner, 2007;Goodall et al, 2011Goodall et al, , 2013Jin et al, 2017;Mohammad et al, 2016;Wen et al, 2013Wen et al, , 2017Yang et al, 2011).…”

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A Study on Data Processing Services for the Operation of Geo‐Analysis Models in the Open Web Environment

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With the development of network technology, integrated modeling frameworks based on web services are becoming a key topic with regard to solving complex geographic problems. Currently, large numbers of geo‐analysis models and massive data resources are available on the open web. Accessing, acquiring or invoking individual resources transparently is relatively straightforward; but combining these models and data resources for comprehensive simulations remains challenging due to their heterogeneity and diversity. Data resources are the driving force of model execution and can serve as an intermediate linkage medium for model integration, yet in most cases, the data resources cannot be directly used to drive or link models. Data processing services that can prepare and process data are urgently needed in the web environment to enable the convenient coupling of models and data resources through the web, thus reducing the difficulty of preparing data and avoiding repetitive data processing work. Three types of data processing methods that can achieve mapping, refactoring, and visualization are designed in this article based on the proposed Universal Data eXchange (UDX) model. These methods can be published as data processing services to facilitate the operation of geo‐analysis models through the web environment. The applicability of the proposed data processing services is examined through two cases: the processing service is applied in model integration through the web in the first case, and data preparation with processing services for the Taihu Water Pollution Diffusion Model (TWPDM) is carried out in the second case. The results demonstrate that the proposed processing services can bridge the gap between geo‐analysis models and data resources hosted on networks.

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