Development of scientific modeling software increasingly requires the coupling of multiple, independently developed models. Component-based software engineering enables the integration of plug-and-play components, but significant additional challenges must be addressed in any specific domain in order to produce a usable development and simulation environment that also encourages contributions and adoption by entire communities. In this paper we describe the challenges in creating a coupling environment for Earth-surface process modeling and the innovative approach that we have developed to address them within the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System.
Scott D. Peckham, Eric W.H. Hutton, Boyana Norris, A component-based approach to integrated modeling in the geosciences: The design of CSDMS, Computers & Geosciences, Volume 53, April 2013, Pages 3-12, ISSN 0098-3004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2012.04.002.
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