GeoModeler
Tiffany C. Vance, Nazila Merati, S. Mesick, C. W. Moore, Dawn J. Wright · 2007
Numerical simulation models provide a way to understand and predict the behavior of natural and human systems. Ideally, spatially-explicit models would be easily linked to a geographic information system (GIS) for data analysis and visualization. In the past, these two have not been well integrated for scientific uses. This lack of true integration hinders the ability of scientists and managers to create interactive, GIS-based models for research and policy planning. However, GIS packages are starting to expose code and objects to allow closer coupling of core GIS functionality and analytical/modeling tools.