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The implementation of some of the most commonly used model functions used for digital soil mapping will be covered in this chapter. Before this is done however, some general concepts of model validation are covered.
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Malone, B.P., Minasny, B., McBratney, A.B. (2017). Continuous Soil Attribute Modeling and Mapping. In: Using R for Digital Soil Mapping. Progress in Soil Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44327-0_5
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