Why use SIMO?

With SIMO your simulations aren't fixed. You can adapt and extend them until they meet your needs. To do this, you don't have to change the program code because SIMO implements a clean separation between the code and the description of the computations.

In SIMO more or less any aspect of the planning system is an XML document. The data and the models are described in XML documents, but also the simulation and optimization logic is contained in XML documents.

Want to change some aspect of the system? Edit the XML.

Because SIMO is an open-source program, you'll also be able to browse the source code to see how things work under to bonnet as well.

A more detailed introduction to SIMO and its use in forest management planning is available in this book.

A brief history of SIMO

The SIMO framework has been developed at the Department of Forest Resource Management at the University of Helsinki. It is the product of a joint three year research project (2004-2007) between University of Helsinki, UPM-Kymmene Ltd., Tornator Oy, Metsämannut Oy, Metsähallitus, Forestry Development Centre Tapio and the Forestry Centres, and The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes)

Simosol Oy is now the maintainer and main developer of SIMO.

More to come

SIMO is an expert's tool, familiarity with XML is expected in order to get the most out of the system.