Bio7

The application Bio7 is an integrated development environment for ecological modeling, statistical and scientific image analysis. The application itself is based on an RCP-Eclipse-Environment (Rich-Client-Platform) which offers a huge flexibility in configuration and extensibility because of its plug-in structure and the possibility of customization.

Website: https://bio7.org.

YouTube Channel Bio7

Features:

• Creation and analysis of simulation models.
• Statistical analysis.
• Advanced R Graphical User Interface with editor, spreadsheet, ImageJ plot device and debugging interface.
• Spatial statistics (possibility to send values from a specialized panel to R).
• Image Analysis (embedded ImageJ).
• Fast transfer of image data from ImageJ to R and vice versa.
• Fast communication between R and Java (with RServe) and the possibility to use R methods inside Java.
• Interpretation of Java and script creation (BeanShell, Groovy, Jython, JavaScript).
• Dynamic compilation of Java.
• Creation of methods for Java, BeanShell, Groovy, Jython and R (integrated editors for Java, R, BeanShell, Groovy, Jython).
• Sensitivity analysis with an embedded flowchart editor in which scripts, macros and compiled code can be dragged and executed.
• Creation of 3d OpenGL (Jogl) models.
• Visualizations and simulations on an embedded 3d globe (World Wind Java SDK).
• Creation of Graphical User Interfaces with the embedded JavaFX SceneBuilder.

Built Bio7

Bio7 is now available as a Maven Tycho built (Windows, Linux, Mac) and can be created locally.

All plugins and features are now available in one Github repository.

The Bio7 Maven built documentation can be found here:

Documentation Wiki