The role of characteristic coefficients of variation in uncertainty and sensitivity analyses, with examples related to the structuring of lake eutrophication models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Håkanson, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coefficients of variation; Ecosystem models; Eutrophication; Lakes; Model structure; Monte Carlo simulations; Predictions; Uncertainty tests

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343962246     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00219-2     Document Type: Article

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