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lo·gis·tic curve

an S-shaped curve that depicts the growth of a population in an area of fixed limits.

logistic curve

an S-shaped curve of numbers against time that represents the growth in numbers of a population of organisms in a limited environment. see GROWTH CURVE.
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Other models that have been applied in batch test are: the Transference Function, Logistic Function and Modified Gompertz.
Digestion anaerobia de residuos de alimentos. Prediccion de la produccion de metano mediante la comparacion de modelos cineticos
67, respectively) and the Logistic function as the third one (34.
FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO MODELS WIDELY USED FOR DESCRIBING GROWTH IN JAPANESE QUAIL
From the data collected on the percentage of edentulous jaws, projections were made for the years 2020, 2030 and 2040, assuming that edentulism behavior follows a logistic function (15) and that the same trends would continue until 2040.
Edentulism in Brazil: trends, projections and expectations until 2040/Edentulismo no Brasil: tendencias, projecoes e expectativas ate 2040
Efficiency of combination of R-square and Odds-ratio using discriminant logistic function for detecting DIF in polytomous items.
A comparison of discriminant logistic regression and item response theory likelihood-ratio tests for differential item functioning (IRTLRDIF) in polytomous short tests/Funcionamiento diferencial del item en tests breves: comparacion entre regresion logistica discriminante e IRTLRDIF
ADNA baseline value before drug administration against MAP using a sigmoid logistic function [58].
SOD1 Overexpression Preserves Baroreflex Control of Heart Rate with an Increase of Aortic Depressor Nerve Function
This imposes the need of an activation function and we further chose the logistic function for both, hidden and output layers.
Customer segmentation in private banking sector using machine learning techniques
The authors propose a method of determining a model of forecasting crises and economic downturns using the gradient measurement (synthetic measure) and the modified logistic function (log-logistic function--based on logistic law (Kuznets, 1971)) which was tested on the Polish economy.
Forecasting economic crises using gradient measurement of development and log-logistic function
The logistic function illustrated in equation (3) is of the most common form.
Technology stocks and economic performance of government-linked companies: the case of Malaysia
As an example, two models for energy allocation were derived: a step-function and a logistic function.
A note on the von Bertalanffy growth function concerning the allocation of surplus energy to reproduction
Scenarios assuming non-linearity showed a worse status when logistic function is assumed (Fig.
Uncertain population dynamic and state variables of alfonsino (Beryx splendens)/Dinamica poblacional incierta y variables de estado en alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
The transition functions in equation (2), is a logistic function and in equation (3) is exponential function.
NONLINEARITY IN INFLATION A Case of Pakistan
ij] here acts as a "setpoint" on the logistic function curve.
A new approach to feature selection for data mining

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