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	[[File:Where the Trees Are - NASA Earth Observatory.jpg\|thumb\|460px\|right\|Through the collective efforts of many using data from space-based radar, satellite sensors, computer models, ground-based data, and informatics tools, NASA was able to assemble this high-resolution map of U.S. forest density.]]		[[File:Where the Trees Are - NASA Earth Observatory.jpg\|thumb\|460px\|right\|Through the collective efforts of many using data from space-based radar, satellite sensors, computer models, ground-based data, and informatics tools, NASA was able to assemble this high-resolution map of U.S. forest density in 2003.]]
	'''Forest informatics''' is a multidisciplinary field of science that "harnesses the power of computational and information technologies to organize and analyze biological data from research collections, experiments, remote sensing, modeling, database searches and instrumentation and deliver them to users throughout the world."<ref name="ShanmughavelBio">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Qb0sAQAAMAAJ&q="forest+informatics"&dq="forest+informatics" \|chapter=Biodiversity lnformatics: A Virtual Access to Global Resources \|title=Forest Biodiversity, Volume 1 \|author=Shanmughavel, P.; Kannaiyan, Sadasivam (ed.) \|publisher=Associated Publishing Company \|year=2008 \|pages=40–46 \|isbn=9788185211763 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> Computational and information management technologies used to support decision-making activities in the field of forest informatics include decision support systems, mathematical modeling software, statistical and algorithmic analysis tools, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and shared databases.<ref name="VogtForests">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KiZXErMOdK4C&pg=PA255 \|chapter=Chapter 7: Emerging Issues in Forests \|title=Forests and Society: Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes \|author=Vogt, Kristina A.; Patel-Weynand, Toral; Muller, Gretchen K.; Vogt, Daniel J.; Honea, Jon M.; Edmonds, Robert L.; Sigurdardottir, Ragnhildur; Andreu, Michael G. \|publisher=CABI \|year=2007 \|pages=228–283 \|isbn=9781845931117 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref>		'''Forest informatics''' is a multidisciplinary field of science that "harnesses the power of computational and information technologies to organize and analyze biological data from research collections, experiments, remote sensing, modeling, database searches and instrumentation and deliver them to users throughout the world."<ref name="ShanmughavelBio">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Qb0sAQAAMAAJ&q="forest+informatics"&dq="forest+informatics" \|chapter=Biodiversity lnformatics: A Virtual Access to Global Resources \|title=Forest Biodiversity, Volume 1 \|author=Shanmughavel, P.; Kannaiyan, Sadasivam (ed.) \|publisher=Associated Publishing Company \|year=2008 \|pages=40–46 \|isbn=9788185211763 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> Computational and information management technologies used to support decision-making activities in the field of forest informatics include decision support systems, mathematical modeling software, statistical and algorithmic analysis tools, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and shared databases.<ref name="VogtForests">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KiZXErMOdK4C&pg=PA255 \|chapter=Chapter 7: Emerging Issues in Forests \|title=Forests and Society: Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes \|author=Vogt, Kristina A.; Patel-Weynand, Toral; Muller, Gretchen K.; Vogt, Daniel J.; Honea, Jon M.; Edmonds, Robert L.; Sigurdardottir, Ragnhildur; Andreu, Michael G. \|publisher=CABI \|year=2007 \|pages=228–283 \|isbn=9781845931117 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref>

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			[[File:Where the Trees Are - NASA Earth Observatory.jpg\|thumb\|460px\|right\|Through the collective efforts of many using data from space-based radar, satellite sensors, computer models, ground-based data, and informatics tools, NASA was able to assemble this high-resolution map of U.S. forest density.]]
	'''Forest informatics''' is a multidisciplinary field of science that "harnesses the power of computational and information technologies to organize and analyze biological data from research collections, experiments, remote sensing, modeling, database searches and instrumentation and deliver them to users throughout the world."<ref name="ShanmughavelBio">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Qb0sAQAAMAAJ&q="forest+informatics"&dq="forest+informatics" \|chapter=Biodiversity lnformatics: A Virtual Access to Global Resources \|title=Forest Biodiversity, Volume 1 \|author=Shanmughavel, P.; Kannaiyan, Sadasivam (ed.) \|publisher=Associated Publishing Company \|year=2008 \|pages=40–46 \|isbn=9788185211763 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> Computational and information management technologies used to support decision-making activities in the field of forest informatics include decision support systems, mathematical modeling software, statistical and algorithmic analysis tools, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and shared databases.<ref name="VogtForests">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KiZXErMOdK4C&pg=PA255 \|chapter=Chapter 7: Emerging Issues in Forests \|title=Forests and Society: Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes \|author=Vogt, Kristina A.; Patel-Weynand, Toral; Muller, Gretchen K.; Vogt, Daniel J.; Honea, Jon M.; Edmonds, Robert L.; Sigurdardottir, Ragnhildur; Andreu, Michael G. \|publisher=CABI \|year=2007 \|pages=228–283 \|isbn=9781845931117 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref>		'''Forest informatics''' is a multidisciplinary field of science that "harnesses the power of computational and information technologies to organize and analyze biological data from research collections, experiments, remote sensing, modeling, database searches and instrumentation and deliver them to users throughout the world."<ref name="ShanmughavelBio">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Qb0sAQAAMAAJ&q="forest+informatics"&dq="forest+informatics" \|chapter=Biodiversity lnformatics: A Virtual Access to Global Resources \|title=Forest Biodiversity, Volume 1 \|author=Shanmughavel, P.; Kannaiyan, Sadasivam (ed.) \|publisher=Associated Publishing Company \|year=2008 \|pages=40–46 \|isbn=9788185211763 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> Computational and information management technologies used to support decision-making activities in the field of forest informatics include decision support systems, mathematical modeling software, statistical and algorithmic analysis tools, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and shared databases.<ref name="VogtForests">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KiZXErMOdK4C&pg=PA255 \|chapter=Chapter 7: Emerging Issues in Forests \|title=Forests and Society: Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes \|author=Vogt, Kristina A.; Patel-Weynand, Toral; Muller, Gretchen K.; Vogt, Daniel J.; Honea, Jon M.; Edmonds, Robert L.; Sigurdardottir, Ragnhildur; Andreu, Michael G. \|publisher=CABI \|year=2007 \|pages=228–283 \|isbn=9781845931117 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref>

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	==Notes==		==Notes==

	This article reuses ~~some~~ elements from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_informatics the Wikipedia article].		This article reuses a few elements from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_informatics the Wikipedia article].

	== References ==		== References ==

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	==History==		==History==
	In ~~1970~~, J. G. Grevatt ~~wrote an article titled,~~ "Management Information and Computers in Forestry."<ref>{{cite doi\|10.1093/forestry/43.1.17}}</ref> In ~~the article~~, ~~the author describes and~~ discusses different		The concept of using computers for any type of forestry management may have first appeared in 1966 with researcher Daniel E. Chappelle's paper "Economic Model Building and Computers in Forestry Research," representing one of the first known efforts to examine the role of computers and informatics in the field of foresty. In the paper he noted how "a computer can be a fundamental tool in the research process, best understood as an integral part of the [economic] model building process" in forestry.<ref name="ChappelleEco">{{cite journal \|url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/jof/1966/00000064/00000005/art00010 \|journal=Journal of Forestry \|title=Economic Model Building and Computers in Forestry Research \|author=Chappelle, Daniel E. \|volume=64 \|issue=5 \|year=May 1966 \|pages=329–333 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> A few years later, researcher J. G. Grevatt's paper "Management Information and Computers in Forestry" was published.<ref name="GrevattMan">{{cite journal \|url=http://forestry.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/1/17.abstract \|journal=Forestry \|title=Management Information and Computers in Forestry \|author=Grevatt, J. G. \|volume=43 \|issue=1 \|pages=17–30 \|year=1970 \|doi=10.1093/forestry/43.1.17 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> In that paper, Grevatt discusses different dimensions of management information (i.e. operation, expenditure, location, and time), including the nature of management information and decisions, management information in forestry, and the management of an information system itself.
	dimensions of management information (i.e. operation, expenditure, location, and time) including the nature of management information and decisions, management information in forestry, the management information system itself, the application of computers, the structure of a computer based system, comparisons between clerical and computer systems, and the impact on the field manager. The author concludes that the use of computers to process management data may be justified on grounds of cost and improved information in organizations of a critical size.

	At the time of ~~that article~~, computers, databases, and geographic information systems were still in their infancy and tools like the Global Positioning ~~Systems of today~~ were ~~yet invented. Management database systems for business were more prevalent~~. Over the next 30 years, computers became more ~~powerful~~, ~~smaller~~, and ~~less expensive~~. ~~Relational database management systems had become commonplace~~ in ~~business~~, ~~interrogating the computer system had become standardized with languages like SQL~~, and ~~faster networks for data and information integration have become highly integrated~~. ~~In that time~~, ~~geographic information~~ systems that ~~could run on desktop computers~~ and ~~could be customized for various tasks were also developed, but as separate systems~~.		At the time of these articles, computers, databases, and geographic information systems were still in their infancy, and tools like the Global Positioning System were merely classified engineering design. Over the next 30 years, computers and relational database management systems became more prevalent and network data sharing became easier. These tools allowed scientists and researchers in forestry to describe, quantify, model, and predict forestry-related natural resources for the more effective management of forested ecosystems.<ref name="CushmanSpatial">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=utUlVsiMvYEC&pg=PA13 \|chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction: Ecological Knowledge, Theory and Information in Space and Time \|title=Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation \|author=Cushman, Samuel A.; Huettmann, Falk \|publisher=Springer \|year=2009 \|pages=3–18 \|isbn=9784431877714 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> As the number of shared forestry databases grows, even more powerful tools will be needed, including software systems that create a more natural interface between humans and databases.<ref name="VogtForests" />

	~~Within~~ the ~~last 10 years~~, ~~specialized fields~~ of ~~study at~~ the ~~University level are offered at~~ the ~~several~~ forestry ~~schools where students learn~~ the ~~principles~~ of ~~quantification, modeling, descriptive~~ and ~~predictive analyses~~ of ~~natural resources attributes needed~~ for ~~sound~~ management of forested ecosystems.		==Application==
			Forestry informatics can help tackle problems and tasks such as the following<ref name="IliadisWildfire">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-R9HAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1073 \|chapter=Chapter 53: Soft Computing Modeling of Wild Fire Risk Indices: The Risk Profile of Peloponnesus Region in Greece \|title=Crisis Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications \|author=Iliadis, L.; Betsidou, T. \|publisher=IGI Global \|pages=1073–1087 \|year=2014 \|isbn=9781466647084 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="JansenSpatial">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=cvMqnkqMN9UC&pg=PA3 \|chapter=Chapter 2: Introduction \|title=Spatial Modelling in Forest Ecology and Management: A Case Study \|author=Jansen, Martin; Judas, Michael; Saborowski, Joachim \|publisher=Springer \|pages=3–10 \|year=2002 \|isbn=9783540433576 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref>:

			* the optimization of harvest scheduling and crew assignment
			* the computation of wildfire risk indices
			* the assessment of forestry management guidelines
			* the treatment of log bucking problems
			* the development and optimization of mathematical algorithms for ecological modeling

			==Informatics==
			Software specifically devoted to analyzing management decisions for forested ecosystems has been developed and used in several large scale planning projects. For example, the Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system is spatial decision support system (SDSS) "designed to support natural resource and ecosystem management."<ref name="EMDSAbout">{{cite web \|url=http://www.spatial.redlands.edu/emds/AboutEMDS/tabid/75/Default.aspx \|title=The Ecosystem Management Decision Support system - History \|publisher=EMDS Consortium \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> Databases like the Global Forest Information Service also exist to help in "the dissemination and sharing of forest-related information and knowledge among the global forestry community."<ref name="GFISAbout">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gfis.net/gfis/en/en/background/ \|title=About GFIS \|publisher=Global Forest Information Service \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref>

	Software specifically devoted to analyzing management decisions for forested ecosystems have been developed, and used in several large scale planning projects. For example, the Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system is an [[application framework]] for knowledge-~~based decision support of ecological analysis and planning. Open~~ source software solutions have also become more ~~widely~~ accepted ~~as well~~, as is seen in the expansion of ecological extensions for statistical tools like R. ~~A recent example would be the book written by~~ Andrew ~~Robinson and~~ Jeff D. ~~Hamann about using R for forest analytics~~<ref>http://www.~~springer~~.~~com~~/~~statistics~~/~~life+sciences,+medicine+%26+health~~/~~book~~/~~978~~-~~1-4419-7761-8~~</ref> .		Open-source software solutions have also become more accepted, as is seen in the expansion of forestry and other ecological extensions for statistical tools like ''R''<ref name="RobinsonForest">{{cite book \|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=z2m57dY4vgMC \|title=Forest Analytics with R: An Introduction \|author=Robinson, Andrew P.; Hamann, Jeff D. \|publisher=Springer \|year=2010 \|pages=368 \|isbn=9781441977625 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref> and in the development of the Open Foris software tool set<ref name="OFAbout">{{cite web \|url=http://www.fao.org/forestry/fma/openforis/en/ \|title=Software Tools - Open Foris \|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations \|date=03 April 2014 \|accessdate=04 June 2014}}</ref>.

	==~~Application~~==		==External links==

	Common forestry problems include harvest scheduling, model fitting, optimal sampling, remote sensing, crew assignment, image classification, treatment timing, and log bucking problems, many of which can be formulated as optimization problems (e.g. ~~generalized assignment problem, traveling salesman problem, knapsack problem, job shop scheduling, and vehicle routing problems~~).		* [http://www.spatial.redlands.edu/emds/Default.aspx Ecosystem Management Decision Support system] (EMDS)
			* [http://www.gfis.net/gfis/en/en/ Global Forest Information Service] (GFIS)
			* [http://www.fao.org/forestry/fma/openforis/en/ Open Foris]

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	''~~(This article was taken from Wikipedia)~~''		'''Forest informatics''' is the combined science of forestry and
			[[informatics]], with a special emphasis on collection, management,
	~~Forest Informatics~~ is the combined science of ~~[[Forestry]]~~ and
	[[~~Informatics~~]], with a special emphasis on collection, management,
	and processing of data, [[information]], and knowledge, and the		and processing of data, [[information]], and knowledge, and the
	incorporation of informatic concepts and theories specific to enrich		incorporation of informatic concepts and theories specific to enrich
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	architecture to preemptively generate possible strategic, tactical,		architecture to preemptively generate possible strategic, tactical,
	and operational solutions for forest managers.		and operational solutions for forest managers.

	~~== References ==~~

	~~<references/>~~

	== Contributing Disciplines ==		== Contributing Disciplines ==
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	== ~~See also~~ ==		==Notes==

			This article heavily reuses content from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_informatics the Wikipedia article].

			== References ==
			<references/>

	[[Category:Informatics]]		[[Category:Informatics]]

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	[[Informatics]], with a special emphasis on collection, management,		[[Informatics]], with a special emphasis on collection, management,
	and processing of data, information and knowledge, and the		and processing of data, [[information]], and knowledge, and the
	incorporation of informatic concepts and theories specific to enrich		incorporation of informatic concepts and theories specific to enrich
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	In 2006, the United Nations declared 2011 to be International Year of Forests.		In 2006, the United Nations declared 2011 to be International Year of Forests.

	Forest Informatics, Inc. has developed a ~~postgresql~~ template, a		Forest Informatics, Inc. has developed a [[PostgreSQL]] template, a
	set of software agents, and a collection of reports, maps, and		set of software agents, and a collection of reports, maps, and
	data feeds. The application uses an intelligent agent		data feeds. The application uses an intelligent agent

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	== See also ==		== See also ==

	[[Category:~~Forest informatics~~]]		[[Category:Informatics]]

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''(This article was taken from Wikipedia)''

Forest Informatics is the combined science of [[Forestry]] and
[[Informatics]], with a special emphasis on collection, management,
and processing of data, information and knowledge, and the
incorporation of informatic concepts and theories specific to enrich
forest management and forest science; it has a similar
relationship to library science and information science.

As is Information science or archival science, Forest
Informatics is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with
the collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and
dissemination of information. Information, in this context, includes
both human and machine readable documents. Examples of human readable
documents include maps, field data sheets, operational schedules,
and long term asset management plans with narrative text. Machine
readable documents include files for
geographic information systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and
other applications like spreadsheets, and
relational database management systems.

As in management science, Forest Informatics uses
decision support systems, mathematical modeling, statistics, and
algorithms from engineering, operations research,
computer science, and artificial intelligence to support
decision-making activities. Common forestry problems include
harvest scheduling, model fitting, optimal sampling, [[remote sensing]],
crew assignment, image classification, treatment timing, and log
bucking problems, many of which can be formulated as optimization
problems (e.g. generalized assignment problem,
traveling salesman problem, knapsack problem, job shop scheduling, and
vehicle routing problems). The practice includes information
processing and the engineering of nformation systems,
decision support systems, geographic information systems, and
[[global positioning systems]]. The research field includes studies the
structure, algorithms, behavior, and interactions of natural and
artificial systems that store, process, access and communicate
information about forested ecosystems.

== History ==

In 1970, J. G. Grevatt wrote an article titled, "Management
Information and Computers in Forestry."
<ref>{{cite doi|10.1093/forestry/43.1.17}}</ref>
In the article, the author describes and discusses different
dimensions of management information (i.e. operation, expenditure,
location, and time) including the nature of management information and
decisions, management information in forestry, the management
information system itself, the application of computers, the structure of a
computer based system, comparisons between clerical and computer systems,
and the impact on the field manager. The author concludes that the use
of computers to process management data may be justified on grounds of
cost and improved information in organizations of a critical size.

At the time of that article, computers, databases, and geographic information systems
were still in their infancy and tools like the
Global Positioning Systems of today were yet invented. Management
database systems for business were more prevalent. Over the next 30 years,
computers became more powerful, smaller, and less
expensive. Relational database management systems had become
commonplace in business, interrogating the computer system had become
standardized with languages like SQL, and faster networks for data and
information integration have become highly integrated. In that time,
geographic information systems that could run on desktop computers
and could be customized for various tasks were also developed, but as
separate systems.

Within the last 10 years, specialized fields of study at the
University level are offered at the several forestry schools where
students learn the principles of quantification, modeling, descriptive
and predictive analyses of natural resources attributes needed for
sound management of forested ecosystems.

Software specifically devoted to analyzing management decisions for
forested ecosystems have been developed, and used in several large
scale planning projects. For example, the
Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system is an [[application framework]] for
knowledge-based decision support of ecological analysis and
planning. Open source software solutions have also become more widely
accepted as well, as is seen in the expansion of ecological extensions
for statistical tools like R. A recent example would be the book
written by Andrew Robinson and Jeff D. Hamann about using R for forest
analytics<ref>http://www.springer.com/statistics/life+sciences,+medicine+%26+health/book/978-1-4419-7761-8</ref> .

In 2006, the United Nations declared 2011 to be International Year of Forests.

Forest Informatics, Inc. has developed a postgresql template, a
set of software agents, and a collection of reports, maps, and
data feeds. The application uses an intelligent agent
architecture to preemptively generate possible strategic, tactical,
and operational solutions for forest managers.

== References ==

<references/>

== Contributing Disciplines ==

Math
Artificial intelligence
Computer science
Information science
Information theory
Information technology
Biodiversity Informatics
Ecoinformatics
Evolutionary informatics
Geoinformatics

Mathematical logic
Graph theory
Computational geometry
Geographic Information Systems

== See also ==

[[Category:Forest informatics]]