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This report describes a computer program entitled 'Simulation for Harvesting of Aquatic Plants (SHAP), ' and provides instructions and guidelines in planning for mechanical harvesting of plant-infested areas. The model provides a stochastic simulation that evaluates the harvesting system. SHAP utilizes linear programming theory for network flow analysis and queuing theory and is designed for using minimal input data in a conversational manner; that is, the user interacts directly with the program and receives output immediately. The model has been verified using field data collection records. The terrain subroutine organizes irregularly shaped plant-infested areas to be harvested into a distance-flow network (grid). The harvesting subroutine directs the harvesting procedure., The harvester (Aqua- Trio Equipment Co.) mows the aquatic plants; the transporter loads the plants and takes them to the conveyor located on the shoreline. The plants are then transferred from the transporter, via the conveyor, onto a dump truck for disposal at a convenient location. When the mowing, transporting, and disposal operations area complete, the statistics of time and queing operations for each component are computed. Operational costs are complied for each component (default 1977 dollars), including labor, supplies, and power costs required by the harvesting system. No prior experience with computer programming is required since all commands necessary to use SHAP are presented in this report. (Author).
With descriptions of hundreds of the most important environmental and ecological models, this handbook is a unique and practical reference source. The Handbook of Environmental and Ecological Modeling is ideal for those working in environmental modeling, including regulators and managers who wish to understand the models used to make assessments. Overviews of more than 360 models are easily accessed in this handbook, allowing readers to quickly locate information they need about models available in a given ecosystem. The material in the Handbook of Environmental and Ecological Modeling is logically arranged according to ecosystem. Each of the sixteen chapters of the handbook covers a particular ecosystem, and includes not only the descriptions of the models, but also an overview of the state-of-the-art in modeling for that particular ecosystem. A summary of the spectrum of available models is also provided in each chapter. The extensive table of contents and the easy-to-use index put materials immediately at your fingertips.
This book explores the theory and methods of systems analysis and computer modeling as applied to problems in ecology and natural resource management. It reflects the problems and conflicts between competing uses of limited space and the need for quantitative predictors of the outcome of various management strategies.
Describes the work done so far on the construction of a model of the aquatic ecosystem of an experimental reservoir - Desaulniers Reservoir - as part of an overall study of the James Bay hydroelectric project. Each paper reports on a different submodel concentrating on an isolated part of the whole.