ALEA: A software for integrating analysis and simulation tools for 3D architecture and ecophysiology
Résumé
In several circumstances, and in particular at the first workshop on functional-structural models
held in Helsinki, December 1996, the fact that the plant structure-function modelling community
should have a coordinated effort in the development of data standards, tools and software was
underlined. The ALEA project, initially sponsored by the Réseau d’Ecophysiologie de l’Arbre from
INRA, aims at providing modellers and biologists with a homogeneous software platform, integrating
various tools and models for studying plant architecture and its development.