Software and Resources
Infrastructure and planning support:
Ecological and statistical modelling:
Agricultural production:
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (CSE) has developed many specialised
software applications for commercial use both through specific research need and as client-driven tools.
Software types include:
- agricultural production
simulators
- decision support tools
- ecological statistics packages
- spreadsheet statistics utilities
- statistical
pattern analysis applications, and
- modelling and support applications for sustainble buildings, infrastructure and energy management.
Product examples
Some software application examples are given below with links provided to those with further information or availability:
Infrastructure and planning support
AccuRate supports compliance with the energy efficient residential building design rules in the new 2006 Building Code of Australia.
>> It is distributed through Hearne Scientific Software.
AccuRate supports compliance with the energy efficient commercial building design rules in the new 2006 Building Code of Australia with a focus on energy consumption and cost.
>> It is distributed through Hearne Scientific Software.
Designcheck provides automated checking of designs against building codes. A pre-release version is available and the developers are seeking a commercial partner.
Contact: Dr Lan Ding
LCADesign (Life Cycle Analysis of Design) will enable building design professionals to make informed decisions on the environmental impact of commercial buildings by providing detailed environmental and cost measures for different materials, products and designs, automatically from their 3D CAD drawings. First prototype completed and tested. New pre-commercial version commencing soon.
>> More information from CRC for Construction Innovation.
Contacts: Dr Selwyn Tucker, Mr Stephen Egan
Automated Estimator is a computer software tool that automatically generates a bill of quantities (BoQ) and cost estimate from a 3D CAD building model. Second prototype completed. Seeking a commercial partner.
>> More information from CRC for Construction Innovation.
Contact: Dr Robin Drogemuller
Automatic Scheduler can provide a framework for a practical approach to the partial automation of drafting construction schedules for full-scale projects. This tool is applicable to projects that are built on a repeated basis such as multi-storey buildings and highway bridges. First prototype completed. Approval granted for second stage of development.
>> More information from CRC for Construction Innovation.
Contact: Ms Melissa James
This is a new software development project.
Contacts: Dr Selwyn Tucker, Mr Stephen Egan
Research software to analyse urban and subdivisional plans.
Contact: Dr Hans Schevers
NEMSIM is the National Electricity Market Simulator, developed within the Energy Transformed Flagship and support from CSIRO's Complex Systems Science area and CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research.
NEMSIM will be commercialised by Core Collaborative Pty Ltd under the name GENERSYS after an agreement signed in 2006.
Contact: Dr George Grozev
CDMAnet is a mapping and simulation tool for the second+ generation of CDMA mobile phone networks. It was developed through a collaborative project with the Telstra Research Laboratory.
Contact: Dr George Grozev
CellSim++ is a simulation tool for second generation GSM mobile phone networks. It was developed through a collaborative project with the Telstra Research Laboratory.
Contact: Dr George Grozev
Ecological and statistical modelling
"MOUSER" is an interactive training and resource package that provides decision support for the management of mouse plagues in Australia. The package, which is designed to operate from a CD-ROM run on a personal computer was developed by the CSE Rodent Management team. >> More
A comprehensive and versatile software package for extracting and displaying patterns in multivariate data. Note: sales and distribution of PATN have now been transferred away from CSE. >> More details on the PATN Web site
PopTools: (free for non commercial
use)
A versatile add-in for PC versions of Microsoft Excel (97,
2000 or XP) that facilitates analysis of matrix population
models and simulation of stochastic processes. It was originally
written to analyse ecological models, but has much broader
application. It has been used for studies of population dynamics,
financial modelling, calculation of bootstrap and resampling
statistics, and can be used for preparing spreadsheet templates
for teaching statistics.
>> More details
on the PopTools
Web site
Agricultural production simulation
A collaborative development through the Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit (APSRU). APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) is a highly customisable agricultural system simulator.
>> More details on the APSIM Support Web site
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