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RECORD NUMBER: 53 OF 76Main Title | Models for ecological data : an introduction / | |||||||||||
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Author | Clark, James Samuel, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Princeton University Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2007 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 123911890 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780691121789; 0691121788 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Ecology--Mathematical models ; Environmental sciences--Mathematical models ; Mathematisches Modell--(DE-588)4114528-8 ; èOkosystem--(DE-588)4043216-6 | |||||||||||
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Collation | xiii, 617 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-614) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction: Models in context ; Model elements -- Elements of inference: Point estimation : maximum likelihood and the method of moments ; Elements of the Bayesian approach ; Confidence envelopes and prediction intervals ; Model assessment and selection -- Larger models: Computational Bayes : introduction to tools simulation ; A closer look at hierarchical structures -- More advance methods: Time ; Space-time ; Some concluding perspectives -- Appendexes. |