Commentary - Organic modeling systems

This paper advocates cc paradigm shift for the developoment and management of ocean-model systems, away from integration and toward adaptation. Indeed , oceanographic and related models are Becoming increasingly intertwined; y et, the diversity of platforms on which they reside, the autonomy of their primary objectives and the rapidity with which they are created and modifie d combine to create a situation wherein centralization and model integratio n become inefficient and frustrating. The long-term remedy, it is argued, l ies in the development of adaptable techniques for the exchange of informat ion between models. Such approach would mimic ecosystems. Pertinent lessons can also be drawn from the business sector.