Analysis of a Schnute postulate-based unified growth model for model selection in evolutionary computations

BioSystems

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 467-474

  Bentil, D E ^a   Osei, B M ^b   Ellingwood, C D ^c   Hoffmann, J P ^c  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Evolutionary computations; Invasive species; Model selection; Schnute's postulates; Unified growth model; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GROWTH MODELING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODEL VALIDATION; MOLLUSC; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ADVECTION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DREISSENA; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH CURVE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 34548416249     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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