Landscape change analysis with MOLUSCE - methods and algorithms

General structure of the plugin

MOLUSCE consists of several parts:

• GUI modules (implement user interface)
• Utility modules
  • Data Provider (provides procedures of reading/writing raster/vector data and similar utility functions)
  • Cross Tabulation (provides functions for creating contingency tables)
• Algorithmic modules:
  • Area Analysis (provides procedures of change searching, making change maps)
  • Modeling (provides submodules for modeling relation between input-output data)
  • Simulation (provides procedure of land change simulation)
  • Validation (provides statistic functions and procedures for validation of simulation result)

The paper describes internal structure of most important utility and algorithmic modules.