Evaluation of simple statistical criteria to qualify a simulation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 9-18

  Mesplé, Fabrice ^a   Troussellier, Marc ^a   Casellas, Claude ^a   Legendre, Pierre ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Chlorophyll; Model comparison; Regression models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002659467     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00033-x     Document Type: Review

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