Presence-only data and the em algorithm

Biometrics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 554-563

  Ward, Gill ^a   Hastie, Trevor ^a   Barry, Simon ^b   Elith, Jane ^c   Leathwick, John R ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boosted trees; EM algorithm; Logistic model; Presence only data; Use availability data

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BOOSTED TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EM ALGORITHMS; EXPECTATIONS MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; FITTING PROCEDURE; INTERLEAVINGS; LOGISTICS MODEL; PRESENCE-ABSENCE; PRESENCE-ONLY DATUM; USE-AVAILABILITY DATA;

MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE;

ALGORITHM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; MODELING; RIVER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HABITAT SELECTION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RIVER; SAMPLING; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 66949112586     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2008.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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