1. A system for simulating a Laser Induced Optical Breakdown (LIOB) protocol to establish a surgical LIOB treatment for a patient, the system comprising: a library including a plurality of nomograms and a plurality of finite element models, wherein each nomogram specifies an LIOB treatment protocol and wherein each model characterizes a corneal configuration, and further wherein each model corresponds to at least one nomogram; and a means for conjunctively selecting a nomogram and a corresponding model, to create an initial corneal configuration and simulate LIOB thereon in accordance with the LIOB treatment protocol, and to modify the initial corneal configuration to establish the surgical LIOB treatment.