The Ecosystem Map Generator is a versatile software tool designed to support the creation of any ecosystem architecture, offering a systematic, intuitive, and flexible approach for ecosystem design and analysis. It enables users to identify and define the key elements of a targeted ecosystem, including its actors or objects, their respective roles, and the interactions that connect them. By structuring these components, the tool facilitates a comprehensive understanding of how the ecosystem operates and evolves. In addition, the Ecosystem Map Generator provides powerful visualisation capabilities, allowing users to construct clear representations of the value chain and to depict up to five distinct interaction types, thereby capturing the complexity of relationships and value flows within the system. Beyond visualisation, the tool supports code generation that can be directly applied for further simulation and modelling, enabling users to validate assumptions, explore alternative configurations, and assess potential outcomes. This integration of identification, visualisation, and code generation streamlines the process from conceptualisation to execution, making the Ecosystem Map Generator suitable for a wide range of applications in research, industry, and innovation-driven projects. Its flexible framework allows it to adapt to ecosystems of varying scale and complexity, ensuring relevance for both small-scale networks and large, multi-stakeholder systems. By combining systematic methodology with practical outputs, the Ecosystem Map Generator accelerates the transition from high-level ecosystem concepts to operational and testable models, ultimately supporting informed decision-making, collaborative design processes, and evidence-based innovation strategies.
Theories behind the Ecosystem Map Generator:
- Business ecosystem modeling- the hybrid of system modeling and ecological modeling: an application of the smart grid
- Business ecosystem architecture development: a case study of Electric Vehicle home charging
Principal investigator: Zheng Grace Ma
Development team: Originally developed by Nikolai Emil Damm. Maintaining and ongoing developed by Henrik Schwarz.
Tool link: https://ecosystemmapgenerator.sdu.dk/