Taxon selection using statistical learning techniques to improve transfer function prediction

Holocene

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-136

  Juggins, Steve ^a   Simpson, Gavin L ^b   Telford, Richard J ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Confounding variables; Maximum likelihood calibration; Transfer functions; Variable selection; Weighted averaging

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDICTION; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 84918542662     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614556388     Document Type: Article

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