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M.E.D. Poore’s classical idea of successive approximation is revisited in the context of ecosystem survey, process sampling, sample structure stability tests, and inference by E.C. Pielou’s averaging method in the expanding sample. Application programs are offered to support the otherwise heavy computational task.
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Orlóci, L. (1991). Statistics in Ecosystem Survey: Computer Support for Process-Based Sample Stability Tests and Entropy/Information Inference. In: Feoli, E., Orlóci, L. (eds) Computer assisted vegetation analysis. Handbook of vegetation science, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3418-7_5
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