Prevalence-adjusted optimisation of fuzzy models for species distribution

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1776-1786

  Mouton, Ans M ^a   De Baets, Bernard ^a   Van Broekhoven, Ester ^a   Goethals, Peter L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adjusted average deviation; CCI; Expert knowledge; Fuzzy logic; Hill climbing; Kappa; Model evaluation; Model training; Performance criteria; Physical habitat; Prevalence; Stream; TSS

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTED AVERAGE DEVIATION; CCI; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; HILL-CLIMBING; KAPPA; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL TRAINING; PERFORMANCE CRITERIA; PHYSICAL HABITAT; PREVALENCE; STREAM; TSS;

COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; JUVENILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; TELEOST;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 66149182885     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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