vonBertalanffy: von Bertalanffy growth model

In growthmodels: Nonlinear Growth Models

von Bertalanffy growth model

Description

Computes the von Bertalanffy growth model

y(t) = (\alpha^(1-m) - \beta * exp(-k t))^(1/(1-m))

Usage

vonBertalanffy(t, alpha, beta, k, m)

vonBertalanffy.inverse(x, alpha, beta, k, m)

Arguments

t	time
alpha	upper asymptote
beta	growth range
k	growth rate
m	slope of growth
x	size

Author(s)

Daniel Rodriguez

References

D. Fekedulegn, M. Mac Siurtain, and J. Colbert, "Parameter estimation of nonlinear growth models in forestry," Silva Fennica, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 327-336, 1999.

Examples

growth <- vonBertalanffy(0:10, 10, 0.5, 0.3, 0.5)

# Calculate inverse function
time <- vonBertalanffy.inverse(growth, 10, 0.5, 0.3, 0.5)

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