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Document Type
Research
Abstract
In the usual situation, a model is constructed, and coefficients are adjusted until the predicted response to a known stimulus agrees with the observed response to the same stimulus in the real situation. Then the model can be used to predict the response to other stimuli. The reverse situation, while it is of practical importance, has not received much attention. This is the problem of finding the stimulus which would produce an observed response. A published attempt to solve this problem contains a fundamental error. The LaPlace transform method is shown to be applicable, but it is difficult to implement. The recommended solution is a digital computer program which compares the response predicted by a model with the observed response, and corrects the input until there is agreement between the two. This program is described, with examples of its use.
Publication Date
June 1973
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
80
Issue
2
First Page
87
Last Page
90
Copyright
©1973 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Osburn, James O.
(1973)
"Biological Modeling: A Program to Calculate the Input from Observations on the Output,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 80(2), 87-90.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol80/iss2/15