Matchacurve-3: Multiple-Component and Multidimensional Mathematical Models for Natural Resources Studies (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Chester E. Jensen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0366570056 ISBN 13: 9780366570058

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore a practical method for capturing complex relationships in natural resources with Matchacurve-3.

This book blends graphic models with flexible mathematical descriptors to describe how multiple variables interact, including strong main effects and interactions across three or more dimensions. It shows how to build, fit, and evaluate a descriptor that can represent real data without oversimplifying the relationships.

The approach starts from graphical relationships and translates them into mathematical forms that can be fitted to data. It emphasizes visual screening, then moves toward objective fitting, so practitioners can balance intuition with rigorous analysis. The text covers two-dimensional descriptors and extends them to higher dimensions, including step-by-step guidance for developing and combining components to describe surfaces and volumes.

• Two- and multi-component descriptors that model curved, interactive relationships
• Techniques to extend 2-D ideas to 3-D and beyond for richer surface descriptions
• Strategies for fitting models to data and evaluating performance
• Discussion of practical constraints, computation needs, and communicating results

Ideal for analysts in forestry and natural-resource studies who want greater control over curve forms and their interpretation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0366570056
• ISBN 13: 9780366570058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 105