Re: SWARM MODEL OUTPUT

[Matthew Aylward]

Duncan Orr Wilson wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>         I would be very interested to hear from anyone who is, or knows of 
> someone
> who is, looking at ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES for Swarm output or more generally
> time series data or perhaps even spatial output.
> 
> Comments from anybody regarding the above would be welcome also.
> 
> Many Thanks,
> 
> Duncan O. Wilson

What particular analysis are you looking for. My seagrass models produce
population data (simple pop vs time) and spatial data, which are the
simple ascii grids with values for variables such as age, life stage,
spatial groups and more. I have found many free packages (including R)
which can import and do analysis on both types of output. The raw ascii
output from swarm can usually be imported with a little thought.
If you have specific needs I might be able to at least point you at some
suggestions.
A very good place to start if you are looking for this type of software
is: (in the UK) 

http://www.ch.qub.ac.uk/SAL/index.shtml

The data processing and visualisation category is at:

http://www.ch.qub.ac.uk/SAL/D/1/index.shtml

Statistics is at:

http://www.ch.qub.ac.uk/SAL/D/1/index.shtml

I hope this helps.
Matt

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