The "covariation method" for estimating the parameters of the standard Dynamic Energy Budget model II: Properties and preliminary patterns

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-288

  Lika, Konstadia ^a   Kearney, Michael R ^b   Kooijman, Sebastiaan A L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DEB Parameter Estimation; Elasticity; Maximum Likelihood; Monte Carlo Studies; Species Diversity; Weighted Least Squares

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ELASTICITY; ENERGY BUDGET; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 82655173789     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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