@article{scottStepwiseFittingProcedure2016,

title = {A Stepwise Fitting Procedure for Automated Fitting of Ecopath with Ecosim Models},

author = {Erin Scott and Natalia Serpetti and Jeroen Steenbeek and Johanna Jacomina Heymans},

doi = {10.1016/j.softx.2016.02.002},

issn = {2352-7110},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

journal = {SoftwareX},

volume = {5},

pages = {25\textendash30},

abstract = {The Stepwise Fitting Procedure automates testing of alternative hypotheses used for fitting Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) models to observation reference data (Mackinson et~al. 2009). The calibration of EwE model predictions to observed data is important to evaluate any model that will be used for ecosystem based management. Thus far, the model fitting procedure in EwE has been carried out manually: a repetitive task involving setting \> 1000 specific individual searches to find the statistically `best fit' model. The novel fitting procedure automates the manual procedure therefore producing accurate results and lets the modeller concentrate on investigating the `best fit' model for ecological accuracy.},

keywords = {ecological modelling, Ecopath with Ecosim, model fitting, Stepwise model fitting procedure},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}