Meta-models as a straightforward approach to the sensitivity analysis of complex models

Population Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-19

  Coutts, Shaun R ^a   Yokomizo, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Generalized linear models; Meta models; Population viability analyses; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890873542     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-013-0422-1     Document Type: Article

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