A retrospective Markovian model for ecosystem resource flow |
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Authors: | Mahlon Craig Barber |
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Affiliation: | Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 30602 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Historic ecosystem resource flow is modeled as a retrospective discrete Markov chain to obtain the expected values and variances of compartmental residence times and numbers of intercompartmental transfers that compartmental standing crops have experienced since their latest entry into the ecosystem. The transition probabilities of the proposed retrospective Markovian model are either stationary or time inhomogeneous according to whether a steady state or non-steady state ecosystem, respectively, is analyzed. |
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