Developing an Infrastructure for Sharing Environmental Models

The Internet and the World Wide Web offer a new solution to the problem of sharing scientific knowledge. Unlike traditional libraries based on print media, these new technologies facilitate the sharing of any information that can be expressed in a binary alphabet. Environmental models expressed as c...

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Published in:Environment and planning. B, Planning & design. Planning & design., 2003-08, Vol.30 (4), p.487-501
Main Authors: Crosier, Scott J, Goodchild, Michael F, Hill, Linda L, Smith, Terence R
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