Comparison of stepwise selection and Bayesian model averaging for yield gap analysis

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 66-76

  Prost, Lorène ^a   Makowski, David ^a   Jeuffroy, Marie Hélène ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Diagnosis; Limiting factor; Model mixing; Model selection; Parameter estimation; Stepwise; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; MIXING; MODAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BOOTSTRAP; LIMITING FACTOR; MODEL SELECTION; STEPWISE; WHEAT;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGRONOMY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIMITING FACTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 54049139916     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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