CONFERENCE TOPICS
1-
Analysis of Plant and Ecosystem Architecture
Keywords:
Methodologies
and techniques
for plant sampling; Description
and analysis of root and aerial architecture; Description and analysis of
ecosystem components; Encoding of plant topology; Fractal analysis; Specific
spatial statistics
2-
Mathematical Modeling
and Simulation of Plant
Growth
Keywords:
New mathematical and modeling methods, Analytical,
stochastic; empirical; fractal models; Automation models; L-systems; Process
based models; Structural functional models; Modeling plant-environment interactions;
Modeling adaptation of plants/trees to abiotic constraints
(multi-physical models, biomechanical models); Simulation techniques and
software
3-
Modeling and Simulation of Plant Community, Landscape and Ecosystems
Keywords:
Scaling issues; Increasing simulation efficiency (code optimization
techniques, parallelization, model simplification); Modeling of plant growth
competition; Crop and forest models; Application to forest and crop production
and quality; Application to ecology, eco-engineering and land use; Digital
agriculture; Digital forestry
4-
Calibration, Optimization, Optimal control and Limit State Analysis
Keywords:
Model
calibration techniques; Theoretical analysis of model behavior; Optimal control
for plant/tree growth and production (resource uptake, production, allocation,
etc.); Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty quantification; Analysis and model
comparison
5-
Theory and Techniques for Plant and Landscape Visualization
Keywords: Visualization of plant structures and plant functions; Visualization of trees at single, stand, and landscape scales; Realistic and interactive representation of plants and their environment; Application of plant visualization to agricultural and forestry management; Integration with GIS, RS, GPS; Virtual reality; Video games.