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Model Formulation and Evaluation

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The previous two chapters have presented the state-space model as a general framework for modelling population dynamics and discussed alternative ways of fitting SSMs to data. In this chapter, we address model formulation and model evaluation.

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  1. Stockton Fish and Wildlife Office, Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lodi, CA, USA

    K. B. Newman

  2. CREEM The Observatory Buchanan Gdns, St. Andrews, UK

    S. T. Buckland, R. King, D. L. Borchers & L. Thomas

  3. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK

    B. J. T. Morgan, D. J. Cole & P. Besbeas

  4. Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece

    P. Besbeas

  5. Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, UMR 5175 Campus du CNRS, Montpellier cedex 5, France

    O. Gimenez

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Newman, K.B. et al. (2014). Model Formulation and Evaluation. In: Modelling Population Dynamics. Methods in Statistical Ecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0977-3_5

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