Mathematical equivalence of geometric mean fitness with probabilistic optimization under environmental uncertainty

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2611-2617

  Yoshimura, Jin ^a,b,c   Tanaka, Yumi ^d   Togashi, Tatsuya ^b   Iwata, Shigehide ^a   Tainaka, Kei ichi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geometric mean fitness; Probabilistic optimization; Variable environments; Weighted average

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL FORM; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FITNESS MEASURES; FITNESS VALUES; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GEOMETRIC MEAN FITNESS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMALITY ANALYSIS; OPTIMISATIONS; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILISTIC OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL THEORY; TEMPORAL CHANGE; VARIABLE ENVIRONMENTS; WEIGHTED AVERAGE; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; MATHEMATICAL EQUIVALENCES; VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT;

ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEALTH; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; GEOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 69549116807     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.046     Document Type: Article

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