A Stepwise Fitting Procedure for automated fitting of Ecopath with Ecosim models

SoftwareX

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-30

  Scott, Erin ^a   Serpetti, Natalia ^a   Steenbeek, Jeroen ^b   Heymans, Johanna Jacomina ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecopath International Initiative Association   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological modelling; Ecopath with Ecosim; Model fitting; Stepwise model fitting procedure

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; AUTOMATED FITTING; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; FITTING PROCEDURE; MODEL FITTING; MODEL PREDICTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84971422084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23527110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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