| 1. | Title | Title | Using strong inference to falsify differential equation models of sugar maple height growth—Discussion |
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| 2. | Creator | Author / affiliation / country | Boris Zeide; Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas, USA; United States |
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| 3. | Subject | Keywords | cohort dynamics; Lyapunov exponent; tree questioning; chaotic models |
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| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Mathematical Forestry; Biometrics; Growth and Yield |
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| 4. | Description | Abstract | Leary and Johannsen (2010; Leary and Johannsen. 2010. Using strong inference to falsify differential equation models of sugar maple height growth. MCFNS 2:1-11) envision growth modeling as a search for a single precise line like those depicting the laws of physics. However, it is unlikely that such a complex process as tree growth can be captured by our simple, usually empirical models. Instead of carrying out the experiment so as to get a clean result, it may be more realistic to start with enclosing the field of growth trajectories between two boundary lines representing the two opposite explanations of a studied relationship. Understanding complex process is more likely by combining opposites rather than falsifying one of them. Then, the modules delineating the boundaries can be joint in a single model that describes a more complex and fluid central tendency. MCFNS 2(1):12-14. |
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| 5. | Publisher | Publisher | Contemporary Journal Concept Press |
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| 7. | Date | Publication date | 2010-02-28 |
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| 8. | Type | Type | Text.Serial.Journal; Mathematical logic |
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| 9. | Format | Format | PDF; application/pdf |
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| 10. | Identifier | Article URL | https://mcfns.com/index.php/Journal/en/article/view/2.2 |
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| 11. | Source | Journal / volume / issue / year / pages | Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences (MCFNS); Vol. 2 No. 1: MCFNS February 28, 2010; 12-14 (3) |
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| 11. | Source | Online ISSN | 1946-7664 |
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| 12. | Language | Language | en |
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| 13. | Relation | Supplementary files | |
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| 14. | Coverage | Geographical coverage | |
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| 15. | Rights | Rights / copyright | |
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