Divide and conquer: Configuring submodels for valid and efficient analyses of complex simulation models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 326, Issue , 2016, Pages 152-161

  Lorscheid, Iris ^a   Meyer, Matthias ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Design of experiments; Ecological theory; Model analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ECOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DESIGN OF SIMULATIONS; DIVIDE AND CONQUER; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EFFICIENT ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL; MODEL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84961179115     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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