Towards the systematic simplification of mechanistic models

Mechanistic models used for prediction should be parsimonious, as models which are over-parameterised may have poor predictive performance. Determining whether a model is parsimonious requires comparisons with alternative model formulations with differing levels of complexity. However, creating alte...

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Main Authors: Cox, G.M., Gibbons, J.M., Wood, A.T.A., Ramsden, S.J., Crout, Neil J.M.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2006
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/847/