ForeFire: A Modular, Scriptable C++ Simulation Engine and Library for Wildland-Fire Spread

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Jean-Baptiste Filippi (0000-0002-6244-0648), Roberta Baggio (0000-0003-1531-0530), Ronan Paugam (0000-0001-6429-6910), Frédéric Bosseur (0000-0002-8108-0887), Antonio Leblanc (0009-0001-9043-2039), Alberto Alonso-Pinar (0009-0009-2051-9700)

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Filippi et al., (2025). ForeFire: A Modular, Scriptable C++ Simulation Engine and Library for Wildland-Fire Spread. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(116), 8680, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08680

@article{Filippi2025, doi = {10.21105/joss.08680}, url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08680}, year = {2025}, publisher = {The Open Journal}, volume = {10}, number = {116}, pages = {8680}, author = {Filippi, Jean-Baptiste and Baggio, Roberta and Paugam, Ronan and Bosseur, Frédéric and Leblanc, Antonio and Alonso-Pinar, Alberto}, title = {ForeFire: A Modular, Scriptable C++ Simulation Engine and Library for Wildland-Fire Spread}, journal = {Journal of Open Source Software} }
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