background and objectives: pomegranate, belonging to punicaceae family, is native of subtropical regions of iran and its neighborhood countries. iran has the richest germplasm resource of pomegranate and the first grade in cultivation area and production worldwide. physical and chemical properties of pomegranate cultivars vary in different developmental stages and have a large impact on the nut...

When choosing a suitable technique for regression and classification with multivariate predictor variables, one is often faced with a tradeoff between interpretability and high predictive accuracy. To give a classical example, classification and regression trees are easy to understand and interpret. Tree ensembles like Random Forests provide usually more accurate predictions. Yet tree ensembles...

1. The effects of harvest on the annual and seasonal survival of willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus L. were tested in a large-scale harvest experiment. Management units were randomly assigned to one of three experimental treatments: 0%, 15% or 30% harvest. Seasonal quotas were based on the experimental treatment and estimates of bird density before the hunting season. Survival rates and hazard fu...