Post-hoc pattern-oriented testing and tuning of an existing large model: lessons from the field vole.

Pattern-oriented modeling (POM) is a general strategy for modeling complex systems. In POM, multiple patterns observed at different scales and hierarchical levels are used to optimize model structure, to test and select sub-models of key processes, and for calibration. So far, POM has been used for...

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Main Authors: Christopher J Topping, Trine Dalkvist, Volker Grimm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3457952?pdf=render