<s>
The	O
separation	O
of	O
algorithms	O
from	O
data	O
,	O
the	O
reusability	O
of	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
procedures	O
and	O
integration	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
isolation	O
of	O
modelling	O
solutions	O
in	O
discrete	O
units	O
has	O
brought	O
a	O
solid	O
advantage	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
simulation	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioMA	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
developed	O
focusing	O
on	O
platform-independent	O
,	O
re-usable	O
components	O
,	O
including	O
multi-model	O
implementations	O
at	O
fine	O
granularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioMA	B-Application
(	O
Biophysical	O
Model	O
Applications	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
public	O
domain	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
designed	O
and	O
implemented	O
for	O
developing	O
,	O
parameterizing	O
and	O
running	O
modelling	O
solutions	O
based	O
on	O
biophysical	B-Application
models	I-Application
in	O
the	O
domains	O
of	O
agriculture	O
and	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
discrete	O
conceptual	O
units	O
codified	O
in	O
freely	O
extensible	O
software	B-Architecture
components	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
framework-independent	O
components	O
,	O
both	O
for	O
the	O
modelling	O
solutions	O
and	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
's	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
developed	O
using	O
Microsoft	O
C#	O
language	O
in	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioMA	B-Application
applications	O
and	O
modelling	O
solutions	O
are	O
the	O
simulation	O
tools	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
to	O
simulate	O
agricultural	O
production	O
under	O
scenarios	O
of	O
climate	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioMA	B-Application
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
EU	O
FP7	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
adapter	O
creates	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
modelling	O
solution	O
specific	O
to	O
a	O
framework	O
application	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
BioMA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
carried	O
out	O
at	O
,	O
the	O
BioMA	B-Application
framework	O
has	O
been	O
adapted	O
to	O
execution	O
in	O
the	O
Cloud	O
via	O
a	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Model	O
calls	O
will	O
be	O
treated	O
as	O
an	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
invocation	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
Model	O
View	O
Controller	O
architecture	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioMA-Spatial	O
,	O
were	O
models	O
are	O
run	O
iteratively	O
against	O
spatially	O
explicit	O
units	O
,	O
as	O
either	O
grid	O
cells	O
or	O
polygons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioMA-Site	O
,	O
were	O
models	O
are	O
run	O
against	O
specific	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acces	O
to	O
modelling	O
solutions	O
as	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
need	O
to	O
be	O
requested	O
.	O
</s>
