Definition and calculation of uncertainty in ecological process models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1968-1983

  Turley, Marianne C ^a   Ford, E David ^b  

^a University of Washington ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary computation; Individual based model; Multi objective; Pareto optimality; Plant competition; Process model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL; MULTI-OBJECTIVE; PARETO OPTIMALITY; PLANT COMPETITION; PROCESS MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

CALCULATIONS; COMPETITION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROCESS MONITORING; SET THEORY; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649877945     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.046     Document Type: Article

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