Comparison of statistical methods commonly used in predictive modelling

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-292

  Muñoz, Jesús ^a   Felicísimo, Ángel M ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification and Regression Tree; Fagus; Grimmia; Logistic regression; Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines; Regression Tree Analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FAGUS; GRIMMIA;

EID: 2342614840     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02263.x     Document Type: Article

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