General Architecture of Distributed Automated Information Systems for Integrated Modeling for Assessing Forest Ecosystems Sustainability

Abstract

The basics of building automated information systems (IAS) for integrated modeling of complex distributed natural objects in solving problems of integral assessment of forest ecosystems stability are considered. When creating such systems, it is proposed to use the basic principles of the qualimetry of models and polymodel complexes. This approach allows to find ways to solve the main problems of complex modeling in the integrated assessment of sustainability: determining the required composition of partial models for calculating individual indicators; selection and adaptation of models, taking into account the necessary composition of the source data; formation of algorithms for calculating integral indicators. A comparative analysis shows that it is advisable to use container management systems in combination with elements of a multiservice architecture as the technological basis of IAS. An architecture of the integrated modeling IAS is proposed, which includes components for obtaining integral estimates using multicriteria analysis algorithms, calculation modules for private indicators, components for obtaining and analyzing the necessary heterogeneous source data, including ground data and remote sensing data, as well as means for orchestrating and ensuring the coordinated functioning of the IAS. The use of the proposed architecture makes it possible to perform modeling within a single distributed, scalable information and computing environment.