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The software tool HIPPO allows biologists to produce models that are realistic biologically without having to write complex computer programs. Specification of models is simplified by using a graphical user interface and distribution of models to both scientific and commercial users is expedited by generating platform independent C code that can be linked to a variety of interfaces. Individual based and life cycle models, which are relevant to many biological problems, are easily represented. Some relevant features of HIPPO are described and an example of a prey-predator-plant interaction is demonstrated.
Unlike many comparable modellers the graphical representation of the models is declarative and the whole system has been written in Prolog.
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Hinde, C.J., Reader, R.J., Phelps, K. (1999). HIPPO — A Declarative Graphical Modelling System. In: Pontelli, E., Santos Costa, V. (eds) Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages. PADL 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46584-7_11
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