ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Thesis Organization 7 CHAPTER 2: RELATED WORK 8 2.1 Types of Species Distribution Models 8 2.2 The MAXENT Model and Applications 10 CHAPTER 3: METHODS AND DATA 15 3.1 Typical Species Distribution Model Workflow 15 3.2 Presence Data 17 3.3 Explanatory Variables 17 3.4 MAXENT Model Runs 22 3.5 Assessment of Model and Variable Performance 23 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS 25 4...

The Maximum Entropy maxent principle has been successfully applied in classi cation and tagging tasks Compared with other statistical learning method it allows convenient integration of di erent knowledge sources However it is restricted by the size of the training corpus in that not all knowledge can be incorporated For instance events observed with low counts can be either a particular patter...

A Bayesian/Maximum entropy (MaxEnt) method is applied to quantify the broadening of Xray line profiles in terms of the nanocrystallite size effects in ceria. The analysis is in general agreement with transmission electron microscopy results, while demonstrating the importance of appropriate a priori information needed in the method. The analysis also identifies other microstructural effects, su...