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Idea: Local food systems computer modeling and datamining services
Wed, 06/18/2008 - 09:39 — Sam RoseThe idea is that I could create a low cost service that could:
- Model local food systems on several scales using some different open source software to create systems simulaiton models
- Collect data, and when appropriate, combine with existing public data to create datamining models for projecting, finding patterns, and to augment decision making in local food systems
The data from models, and from data mining would be made public, released under an open license (even when people *pay* for the creation of models or datamining services).
Any custom software, scripts, etc that are generated would also be made public/open license.
An addendum to this idea is that an open resource/education space could be offered to explore non-open source software modeling and datamining options, especially when they lower the barrier of entry for people to employ them
A food grower would like to mine existing data to look for patterns in the growth of certain crops. Where is the best location to grow the crops? What is the best rotation combination? Soil conditions? Same food grower would also like to model many combinations simultaneously, so this is done with simulation programs. The food grower then can use this to augment his decision making.
The same food grower, plus some other stakeholders would like to also model local ecomomic systems, and nearby urban systems, to see the effect that their products could have on local ecomomies, environments and social systems. So, this si also done with different available simulation software. Data mining is also employed. There are several services, who operate in partnership, to combine and process data, both for data mining/knowledge discovery in data, data visualization, and for systems simulation.