Neural network modeling of survival dynamics of holometabolous insects: A case study

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 433-443

  Zhang, WenJun ^a   Zhang, XiYan ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lucheng Banana Institute of Hainan   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Empirical models; Holometabolous insects; Modeling; Probabilistic density functions; Survival dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EMPIRICAL MODELS; HOLOMETABOLOUS INSECTS; SURVIVAL DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; MODELING; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURVIVAL;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 38349153894     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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