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Dinamica EGO is not just a land use change model, but an

environmental modeling platform. While other models employ a
steady scheme with fixed parameters, which can only be altered by
changing their coefficient values, Dinamica EGO presents a wide-
open possibility for the design from the very simple to the very
complex space-time model.

Dinamica EGO graphical interface allows the design of a model by

simply dragging and connecting operators that perform
calculations upon various types of data, such as constants,
matrices, tables and raster maps. In this way, one can easily set up
a model by establishing a sequence of operators involving an
ample range of analytical and simulation algorithms available in
Dinamica EGO library of functors – the name given to a data
operator in Dinamica EGO. Because of this approach, Dinamica
EGO modeling framework is referred to as a dataflow language
since data flow from a functor output to a compatible input in a
subsequent operator along the execution chain. Hence Dinamica
EGO friendly graphical interface allows models to be designed,
verified, run as well as to have their results visualized, presenting
an open avenue for advanced environmental modeling.

In addition, users can design models beginning on its graphical

interface and thenceforth saving them to EGO script format, a high
level programming language. In order to facilitate model design
for beginners, Dinamica EGO provides a large set of examples on
land-use change modeling and other spatial analyses, which can
be loaded and edited, thereby serving as templates for new
models. Dinamica EGO also comes with a comprehensive
guidebook containing a series of exercises with increasing level of
complexity, aiming to easily convey its very flexible and powerful
modeling toolbox to students and other professionals interested in
developing skills in environmental modeling, who only need to
possess some GIS experience.

The revolutionary EGO version is outstanding. First, it is the only

software to simulate landscape structure thanks to its set of
cellular automata transition functions, which allow the definition
 of form and size of patches of changes. Worthy of mention, these
functions also replicate the expanding and contracting landscape
elements, thereby simulating edge processes.

In terms of performance, Dinamica EGO is unbeatable. Its dataflow

framework optimizes the way computer memory is used, keeping
data in virtual memory only while needed. As a result, Dinamica
EGO is able to handle large and multiple set of maps. In addition,
its algorithms are designed to process data in a very fast way,
taking advantage of multiple processor architecture. Dinamica EGO
holds multiple transitions that can be easily calibrated employing
the Weights of Evidence. This method calculates the influence of
spatial determinants on the changes, producing as a result an
integrated transition potential map, also known as the transition
probability map. With this respect, it can receive inputs from
external methods, such as neural networks.

Finally, Dinamica EGO is the only platform that features

simultaneous multiple resolution simulation, implemented
through its subregion approach, a functionality that also allows to
customize the model parameters or to perform a particular
calculation for a map zone, i.e. a region in a map, such as a country
or state. In fact, any variable in Dinamica EGO can become
dynamic receiving feedbacks from any model element. In sum,
Dinamica EGO innovative modeling techniques provide a complete
solution for calibrating, running and validating space-time models,
no matter the complexity. In the forefront of environmental
modeling, Dinamica EGO is a program freely available on the Web.

These are just some of the many reasons why Dinamica EGO has
successfully been applied to numerous environmental studies. See
the list of publications for the applications where Dinamica EGO
was successfully used.

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