Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 823 g
An Approach Based on Time-Structured Models
Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 823 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-854663-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Presenting sophisticated statistical methods for analysing continuous-time records of behaviour, this book integrates recent developments in ethology, mathematical modelling, statistics, and technology. With numerous worked examples, the book leads the reader through the mathematical processes and their applications. The book will be incomparably useful to students and researchers in all areas of behavioural science.
The authors show how to analyse behavioural data starting with a basic model, the continuous-time Markov chain. They then indicate how and when this model can be generalized and demonstrate the suitability of their approach for detecting, for example, the effects of different experimental treatments or of changes in the social or physical environment. Competitive interactions such as predator-prey or host-parasite are also good subjects for this type of analysis.
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Fachgebiete
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Soziobiologie
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Behaviourismus
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction; Preliminary inspection of the observations; Analysis of time-inhomogeneity; Tests for exponentiality; Tests of sequential dependency properties; Simultaneous tests; Analysis based on a (semi)-Markov description; Examples of analyses based on continuous-time Markov chain modelling; Appendices; References; Author index; Subject index.
