A practical guide to understanding and validating complex models using data simulations

Abstract Biologists routinely fit novel and complex statistical models to push the limits of our understanding. Examples include, but are not limited to, flexible Bayesian approaches (e.g. BUGS, stan), frequentist and likelihood‐based approaches (e.g. packages lme4) and machine learning methods. The...

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Main Authors: Graziella V. DiRenzo, Ephraim Hanks, David A. W. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Methods in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14030