An open and extensible framework for spatially explicit land use change modelling: the lulcc R package

We present the lulcc software package, an object-oriented framework for land use change modelling written in the R programming language. The contribution of the work is to resolve the following limitations associated with the current land use change modelling paradigm: (1) the source code for model...

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Published in:Geoscientific Model Development 2015-10, Vol.8 (10), p.3215-3229
Main Authors: Moulds, S, Buytaert, W, Mijic, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Allocations
Analysis
Application programming interface
Computer programs
Computer simulation
Computer software
Design
Ecosystems
Environmental changes
Frameworks
Geographic information systems
Land use
Land use controls
Mathematical models
Modelling
Packages
Programming languages
Reproducibility
Software
Software packages
Source code
Spatial analysis
Stochasticity
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Summary:We present the lulcc software package, an object-oriented framework for land use change modelling written in the R programming language. The contribution of the work is to resolve the following limitations associated with the current land use change modelling paradigm: (1) the source code for model implementations is frequently unavailable, severely compromising the reproducibility of scientific results and making it impossible for members of the community to improve or adapt models for their own purposes; (2) ensemble experiments to capture model structural uncertainty are difficult because of fundamental differences between implementations of alternative models; and (3) additional software is required because existing applications frequently perform only the spatial allocation of change. The package includes a stochastic ordered allocation procedure as well as an implementation of the CLUE-S algorithm. We demonstrate its functionality by simulating land use change at the Plum Island Ecosystems site, using a data set included with the package. It is envisaged that lulcc will enable future model development and comparison within an open environment.
ISSN:1991-9603
1991-959X
1991-962X
1991-9603
1991-962X
1991-959X
DOI:10.5194/gmd-8-3215-2015