A three-step proportional weighting system of nonlinear biomass equations

Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-45

  Dong, Lihu ^a   Zhang, Lianjun ^b   Li, Fengri ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear seemly unrelated regression; Simultaneous nonlinear models; Tree biomass; Two stage nonlinear error in variable model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS EQUATIONS; NON-LINEAR ERROR; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR SEEMLY UNRELATED REGRESSION; PREDICTION ACCURACY; TOTAL TREE BIOMASS; TREE BIOMASS; WEIGHTING SYSTEMS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84922816394     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.13-193     Document Type: Article

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