Hi-sAFe can simulate plot such as :

• Mix of trees and crops, whether trees are aligned, scattered or isolated (this is its founding purpose)
• Perennial row crops with soil cover crops
• Herbaceous mixtures, foot to feet, in lines or strips
• Multi-species forest stands
• Isolated trees (urban trees, hedgerows) with or without ground vegetation
• Plots of pure cultures with spatial heterogeneity (eg soil gradients)
• Precision farming (technical itineraries adapting to the spatial heterogeneity of the stand)

Hi-sAFe includes toric symmetry algorithms that avoid generating artificial edge effects for heterogeneous stands (the scene is virtually surrounded by identical scenes)

Hi-sAFe can be used on simple scenes (for example centered on an average tree) or on complex scenes (for example including many trees with various developments).

Discretization of a Hi-sAFe scene centered on an average tree

Virtual scene generated by Hi-sAFe

Hi-sAFe presents three original and exclusive modules for reporting interactions between plants:

• A competition module for light explicitly 3D but saving in computing time
• A competition module for water based on the concept of integration of the matrix flow potential that allows us to account for the behavior of different plants rooted in a heterogeneous medium
• A module of 3D root growth that accounts for the plasticity of perennial root systems (Mulia thesis)