Paper Info
Title
A Framework Of Integrating Gis And Parallel Computing For Spatial Control Problems - A Case Study Of Wildfire Control
Abstract
Complex spatial control problems can be computationally intensive. Timely response in urgent spatial control situations such as wildfire control poses great challenges for the efficient solving of spatial control problems. Web-based and service-oriented architectures of integrating geographic information system (GIS) clients and parallel computing resources have been suggested as an effective paradigm to solve computationally intensive spatial problems. Such real-time coupling framework is highly dependent upon interactivity and on-demand availability of dedicated parallel computing resources appropriate for the problem. We present an approach to enhancing the efficiency of solving spatial control problems while offering another coupling framework of integrating computing resources from desktop GIS and parallel computing environments to alleviate such dependency. Specifically, a model knowledge database is developed to bridge the gap between desktop GIS models and parallel computing resources. Desktop GIS models can iteratively improve themselves by steering rules retrieved from the model knowledge database. To examine its effectiveness, we applied the framework to a wildfire control case. Simulation results show dramatic reduction in computation time of the improved desktop GIS model, and indicate that desktop GIS models enhanced by model knowledge databases can be useful in providing timely assistance on computationally intensive spatial control problems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1080/13658816.2011.609487
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
Keywords
DocType
Volume
spatial control, GIS, parallel computing, wildfire control
Journal
26
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
1365-8816
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.61
12
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ling Yin1556.05
Shih-Lung Shaw234123.87
Dali Wang38914.59
Eric A. Carr4404.41
Michael W. Berry51852200.54
Louis J. Gross6669.36
Jane Comiskey7112.42