Method for creating multivariate predictive models of oyster populations
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsMichael E Kjelland, Todd M Swannack, Candice D Piercy
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Abstract
A method for Multivariate Predictive Modeling simulates the impact of numerous environmental, life-cycle, and policy-based variables on oyster populations in real time by instantiating Oyster Group Demographic Objects and Reef Objects which function as independent processing components. The method creates novel interactive digital replicas of oyster population and reef entities which may be updated in real time to model environmental impacts on oyster population growth.
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A method for creating a Multivariate Predictive Model of oyster population impacts comprised of the steps of:
- (a) instantiating a Project with project parameters which include geographical parameters and a time parameter;
- (b) instantiating a Reef Object with Reef Attributes and Reef processor functions for updating Reef Attribute values;
- (c) instantiating a Oyster Group Demographic (OGD) Object with OGD Attributes and OGD processor functions for updating OGD Attribute values;
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- (d) associating said OGD Objects with said Reef Objects to create a State Model that is a digital representation of one or more reefs having a demographically distributed oyster population.
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