Knowledge Mangement in Modeling Biological BioGeoChemical Processes of Methane generation in Nature

Knowledge Management in Modeling Biological BioGeoChemical Processes of Methane Generation in Nature: "THE KNOWLEDGE BASE PROJECT
PURPOSE
Over the last few decades significant advances have been made in the understanding of the processes controlling the biogeochemical cycles of a large number of elements on the earth surface. However, these improvements have not yet been fully implemented within the available predictive tools, partly because models have not been designed in a way that allows one to adapt, combine and optimise easily the choice of processes influencing environmental quality and contaminant mobility. As a result, the integration of an ever-increasing amount of knowledge about biogeochemical processes is a complex, time-consuming task. Moreover, environmental models are often question- and/or site-specific. Indeed, all ecosystems are unique and differ from case to case. This makes it difficult (some may claim impossible) to develop a modelling system that encompasses all processes.
In this context, the recent developments in the area of Information Technology should be particularly useful for enhancing the exchange of knowledge from science to models. Instead of site-dedicated models, we propose a modelling framework within which a large number of ecosystems could be described and interfaced with all relevant processes- by means of a single, expandable Knowledge Base (KB) of process equations and parameters. The key novel feature of this approach lies in its capacity to easily select, adapt, combine and optimise the set of processes, which are most relevant to a specific site and/or issue. The Knowledge Base will contain default and/or user-defined formulations of process equations and parameters. In order to maintain maximum flexibility to produce user-defined, site-specific models (and, hence, take advantage of the KB), the development of an Automatic Code Generator is required to translate the information selected from the Knowledge Base into computer code. This methodology will provide to the scientific community a common, powerful and expandable tool for the exchange of knowledge and will help to exploit it across the fields of hydrodynamics, sedimentology, biogeochemistry and ecology. The complete integration of knowledge in a consistent manner, taking into account the complex feedback loops between the dynamic processes as seen by various disciplines, will constitute a major breakthrough in our capacity to predict the behaviour and fluxes of dissolved and particulate constituents. It will provide a substantial advance in our ability to forecast the environmental response of an ecosystem as a result of a wide range of anthropogenic perturbations."

The solution to the complexities of problems of complex organization is the application of Knowledge Management software first as repositories of basic scientific knowledge to allow the integration and collaboration of very divergent scientific disciplines and secondly to create system management system to monitor and control/react to a number of processes that the built human environment of cities require as well as sensitive ecosystems. From the reclaimation of marginal agricultural land to sophisticated industrial process control systems in city center building controlling things like, sewage treatment, water purification, air circulation, HVAC & HAZMAT detection and contamination control, fire control systems. The city center building of the future will take 30 years to build without knowledge management With Knowledge Management and proper professional support It could be "essentially" completed in 3 years from today. As in many such maligned things in the world, the tools are there before our feet we must simply pick them up and put them to best use. In the case of developing environmental controls to the standard of hospital use and applying the technology to monitoring every essential process within the building. It not that hard but is it worth it... at what point does high tech fail us and more appropriate technology would be simpler, more reliable but seemingly more primitive technology will serve the purpose better with more reliablity and less toxicity for the same function served.