The coefficient of correlation evaluates the similarity of two sets of measurements (i.e., two dependent variables) obtained on the sameobservations. The coefficient of correlation indicates the amount of information common to two variables. This coefficient takes values between −1 and +1 (inclusive). A value of 0 indicates that the two series of measurement have nothing in common. A value of +...

soil water retention curve (swrc) is important in the studies of soil and water relationship, soil conservation, irrigation scheduling, drainage, solute transport, plant growth and crop water stress. the performance of 10 models (simons et al., libardy et al., campbell, farrell and larson, van genuchten, brooks and corey, driessen, exponential bruce-luxmore, power bruce-luxmore, and rogowski) w...

We consider the question of how variation in the number and reliability of indicators affects the power to reject the hypothesis that the regression coefficients are zero in latent linear regression analysis. We show that power remains constant as long as the coefficient of determination remains unchanged. Any increase in the number of indicators always results in an increase in the coefficient...

This paper describes the results of a study of applying the physics-based, computer-aided method — the Nepean Tracked Vehicle Performance Model (NTVPM), originally developed for evaluating the mobility of large, heavy tracked vehicles, to predicting the performance of a small, lightweight track system on sandy soil. The cross-country (tractive) performance of the track system predicted by NTVPM...