Versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo-simulation of human-nature interactions – a case study of global change and human activities
Global change refers to changes in the relationship between humans and nature. It is desirable to actively integrate human social activities into the unified framework of global change so that their mutual relations and functional mechanisms can be understood. This complicated issue necessitates an...
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| author | Yuting Chen Hui Lin Ling Xiao Qi Jing Lan You Yulin Ding Mingyuan Hu Adam Thomas Devlin |
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| description | Global change refers to changes in the relationship between humans and nature. It is desirable to actively integrate human social activities into the unified framework of global change so that their mutual relations and functional mechanisms can be understood. This complicated issue necessitates an appropriate method allowing domain experts to collaboratively contribute their knowledge to geoscientific research. Also, an efficient approach to optimize experimentation is of great importance. The reproducibility of research methods and results needs to be improved to boost the sharing of geographic knowledge and resources. This paper proposes a versioned geoscientific workflow and characterizes its full lifecycle using Virtual Geographic Environments, intending to facilitate and improve research related to the interactions between global change and human activities. The geoscientific workflow management is realized using the concept of version management, making geographic simulation methods and computational results easily reproducible and extendable. The sharing and reuse of geographic knowledge in various forms are archived through version management of geoscientific workflows. A versatile prototype system is implemented which enables the visual modeling of geoscientific workflows, the interactive optimization and collaborative evaluation of geoscientific workflows at runtime, the multi-dimensional dynamic visualization of geo-workflow outputs, and role-based access control for data security. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2981230bdf4b441ea7bc73a0f01020862023-09-21T14:57:09ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Digital Earth1753-89471753-89552021-04-0114451053910.1080/17538947.2020.18494391849439Versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo-simulation of human-nature interactions – a case study of global change and human activitiesYuting Chen0Hui Lin1Ling Xiao2Qi Jing3Lan You4Yulin Ding5Mingyuan Hu6Adam Thomas Devlin7The Chinese University of Hong KongJiangxi Normal UniversityThe Chinese University of Hong KongThe Chinese University of Hong KongHubei UniversitySouthwest Jiaotong UniversityThe Chinese University of Hong KongJiangxi Normal UniversityGlobal change refers to changes in the relationship between humans and nature. It is desirable to actively integrate human social activities into the unified framework of global change so that their mutual relations and functional mechanisms can be understood. This complicated issue necessitates an appropriate method allowing domain experts to collaboratively contribute their knowledge to geoscientific research. Also, an efficient approach to optimize experimentation is of great importance. The reproducibility of research methods and results needs to be improved to boost the sharing of geographic knowledge and resources. This paper proposes a versioned geoscientific workflow and characterizes its full lifecycle using Virtual Geographic Environments, intending to facilitate and improve research related to the interactions between global change and human activities. The geoscientific workflow management is realized using the concept of version management, making geographic simulation methods and computational results easily reproducible and extendable. The sharing and reuse of geographic knowledge in various forms are archived through version management of geoscientific workflows. A versatile prototype system is implemented which enables the visual modeling of geoscientific workflows, the interactive optimization and collaborative evaluation of geoscientific workflows at runtime, the multi-dimensional dynamic visualization of geo-workflow outputs, and role-based access control for data security.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2020.1849439geoscientific workflowgeographic simulationversion managementglobal changevirtual geographic environment |
| spellingShingle | Yuting Chen Hui Lin Ling Xiao Qi Jing Lan You Yulin Ding Mingyuan Hu Adam Thomas Devlin Versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo-simulation of human-nature interactions – a case study of global change and human activities International Journal of Digital Earth geoscientific workflow geographic simulation version management global change virtual geographic environment |
| title | Versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo-simulation of human-nature interactions – a case study of global change and human activities |
| title_full | Versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo-simulation of human-nature interactions – a case study of global change and human activities |
| title_fullStr | Versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo-simulation of human-nature interactions – a case study of global change and human activities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo-simulation of human-nature interactions – a case study of global change and human activities |
| title_short | Versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo-simulation of human-nature interactions – a case study of global change and human activities |
| title_sort | versioned geoscientific workflow for the collaborative geo simulation of human nature interactions a case study of global change and human activities |
| topic | geoscientific workflow geographic simulation version management global change virtual geographic environment |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2020.1849439 |
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