Localizing a predicted diameter distribution using sample information

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 292-303

  Mehtätalo, Lauri ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

BLUP; Order statistic; Percentile; Rank

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION; ORDER STATISTICS; REAL DATA SETS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 23244460170     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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