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The evolutionary learning algorithm in processing of ecological data, case-study: poplar tree-ring analysis

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  • H. Beeckman
  • K. Vander Mijnsbrugge

Abstract

(1)  Tree-rings are a challenge for modern ecological research dealing with 'time'  and 'complexity'.     (2) Machine learning appears to be an efficient tool to extract knowledge  from data sets showing a high degree of complexity.     (3) The software package PC/BEAGLE, using the evolutionary learning  algorithm, is able to find some high quality rules for Nelder design poplar  plantations.     (4) Poplar trees growing in thin stands show a strong negative temperature  signal.     (5) 'Beaupré' trees are almost always more massive than 'Unal' trees,  except for the first years after planting in the wider planting  distances.

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Beeckman, H. & Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., (1990) “The evolutionary learning algorithm in processing of ecological data, case-study: poplar tree-ring analysis”, Silva Gandavensis 55. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/sg.v55i0.903

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08 Oct 1990
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