This repository contains the CUDA code that runs the model describing spatial self-organisation in arid vegetation, as published in:
Rietkerk, M., Boerlijst, M.C., Van Langevelde, F., HilleRisLambers, R., Van de Koppel, J., Kumar, L., Klausmeier, C.A., Prins, H.H.T., De Roos, A. 2002. Self-organisation of vegetation in arid ecosystems. The American Naturalist, 160:524-530.
The workings of this CUDA code is explained in the paper:
Johan van de Koppel, Rohit Gupta, and Cornelis Vuik. 2011. "Scaling-up spatially-explicit ecological models using graphics processors." Ecological Modelling 222.17: 3011-3019.
To run this model, read the explanation on the main page https://johanvandekoppel.github.io. You need to have a CUDA-compatible video card, and on a Linux or Mac system, follow the explanation provided under "For Mac or Linux users". If you work under windows, you are unfortunately on your own the conquer "Visual Studio". Visual studio was for me the reason to buy a Macbook ;-).
Johan van de Koppel Februari 2015