Multi-objective optimization for ecological model assessment and theory development

Education Ph.D University of Washington, Seattle Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management. March 2008 Multi-objective Optimization for Ecological Model Assessment and Theory Development E. David Ford (chair), Tom Hinckley, Mark Kot, Charles Laird M.S. University of Washington, Seattle Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management. August 2002 A geometric simulation model of foliage regeneration in Abies grandis and Pseudotsuga menziesii. E. David Ford, committee chair B.S. University of San Francisco Biology. May 1999. Summa Cum Laude.

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