Development and evaluation of plant growth models: Methodology and implementation in the PYGMALION platform

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 112-130

  Chavarria Krauser, A ^b   Dupuy, L ^b   Ptashnyk, M ^b   Cournede P H ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Wu, Q ^a   Baey, C ^a   Bayol, B ^a  

^a Ecole Centrale de Paris   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Good modelling practice; LNAS model; Parameter estimation; Particle filtering; Plant growth models; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION TECHNIQUES; DISCRETE DYNAMIC MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA ACQUISITION; GOOD MODELLING PRACTICES; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE FILTERING; PLANT GROWTH MODELS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUGAR BEETS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84880232614     PISSN: 09735348     EISSN: 17606101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/mmnp/20138407     Document Type: Article

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