Object-oriented Hydrological Modeling System
Yutaka ICHIKAWA, Yasuto Tachikawa, Kaoru Takara, Michiharu Shiiba · 2000
ABSTRACT: A new hydrological modeling system is developed on the basis of the object–oriented analysis of hydrological systems. In this modeling system, hydro-logical systems are considered as a set of dynamic elements which communicate one another. This modeling system provides the base element model which has the common functions required in hydrological simulations, such as initialization of state variables, giving numerical values to parameter variables, setting computation time steps. Also this system provides the port models for data transfer between element models. The system user can easily create his own element models by using the base element model and easily build the total system model for the hydrological simulations by connecting a number of element models through the port models. 1