Qualitative Modeling in the Landscape Development Monitoring

摘要

The paper introduces an architecture of qualitative models for monitoring of the landscape development. There are introduced data model, class, state, sequence models, process, emergent and matroid models. The architecture and the interaction of models allows to form a global view to ecosystem needed for qualified assessment of human activities in landscape. The first goal of the paper is to model situations associated with violations of the Small Water Cycle (SWC) in the modeled ecosystem, and to contribute to formation of acceptable solutions. The second goal of the paper is to present qualitative models for monitoring the stability of the landscape development and to support approaches of integrated environmental modeling.