Growth Curve Models and Applications

Growth curve models in longitudinal studies are widely used to model population size, body height, biomass, fungal growth, and other variables in the biological sciences, but these statistical methods for modeling growth curves and analyzing longitudinal data also extend to general statistics, economics, public health, demographics, epidemiology, SQC, sociology, nano-biotechnology, fluid mechanics, and other applied areas.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to growth measurement. The selected papers in this volume build on presentations from the GCM workshop held at the Indian Statistical Institute, Giridih, on March 28-29, 2016. They represent recent trends in GCM research on different subject areas, both theoretical and applied. This book includes tools and possibilities for further work through new techniques and modification of existing ones. The volume includes original studies, theoretical findings and case studies from a wide range of applied work, and these contributions have been externally refereed to the high quality standards of leading journals in the field.

Modelele curbei de crestere in studiile longitudinale sunt utilizate pe scara larga pentru a modela dimensiunea populatiei, inaltimea corpului, biomasa, cresterea fungica si alte variabile in stiintele biologice, dar aceste metode statistice pentru modelarea curbelor de crestere si analiza datelor longitudinale se extind si la statistica generala, sanatate publica, demografie, epidemiologie, SQC, sociologie, nano-biotehnologie, mecanica fluidelor si alte domenii aplicate.