Here is a summary of the chapters in my upcoming book Niche Modeling to be published by CRC Press. Many of the topics have been introduced as posts on the blog. My deepest thanks to everyone who has commented and so helped in the refinement of ideas, and particularly in providing motivation and focus. Writing a book is a huge task, much of it a slog, and its not over yet. But I hope to get it to the publishers so it will be available at the end of this year. Here is the dustjacket blurb: Through Read more [...] 4 com

Mathematical shapes can affect our lives and the decisions we make. The hockey stick graph describing the earths average temperature over the last millennia has been the subject of a controversial debate over reliability of methods of statistical analysis. From this to this ... The long tail is another new icon, described in a new book, developed in the Blogosphere, by Chris Anderson called "The Long Tail": Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future Read more [...] 11 com