Testing copula regression against benchmark models for point and interval estimation of tree wood volume in beech stands

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1313-1326

  Serinaldi, Francesco ^a,b   Grimaldi, Salvatore ^c,d,e   Abdolhosseini, Mohammad ^f   Corona, Piermaria ^c   Cimini, Dora ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Box Cox transformation; Copula regression; Fagus sylvatica; Normal quantile transformation; Uncertainty; Weighted regression

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DECIDUOUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84865806351     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0600-2     Document Type: Article

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