Estimating and modelling bias of the hierarchical partitioning public-domain software: Implications in environmental management and conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Olea, Pedro P ^a   Mateo Tomás, Patricia ^a   de Frutos, Ángel ^b  

^a IE UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; HIERARCHICAL PARTITIONING; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROBABILITY; PROCESS MODEL; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE VARIABLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77955411562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011698     Document Type: Article

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