… Martin Bongers is a Research Analyst and Statistician in Synovate's Brand and
Communications Practice in Cape Town. Martin graduated from the University of Kwa-Zulu …

For more than 40 years, Andrew Ehrenberg and others have demonstrated the value of the
Dirichlet and related distributions as a method for modeling typical brand performance …

Humans extensively rely on tools to alter the capacity for action when performing the diversity
of tasks required in everyday lives. For example, think of the wide range of instruments …

The aim of the study is to ascertain whether the information gained from the more complicated
multivariate matrix decomposition models can be used to better forecast the covariance …

Aim Lianas are an important component of forest structure in the tropics, accounting for up
to 45% of total stems. Mounting evidence that tropical forests are undergoing structural …

… of a predictable successional maturation of the forest (Bongers & Ewango, Chapter 3 in this
… across climate and soil fertility gradients (Asner & Martin, Chapter 21 in this volume); to date, …

A major challenge in stationary care in hospitals is the limited amount of time for each patient
due to a large overhead being created by manual documentation efforts. Studies show that …

Aim Large trees (dbh ≥ 70 cm) store large amounts of biomass. Several studies suggest
that large trees may be vulnerable to changing climate, potentially leading to declining forest …

The high species richness of tropical forests has long been recognized, yet there remains
substantial uncertainty regarding the actual number of tropical tree species. Using a …