Lecturer: Bas Kooijman Affiliation: Dept Theoretical Biology, VU University Amsterdam Workshop: Dept Zoology, Melbourne University. Date: 2012/08/07 Title: Estimating DEB parameters Contents: 1) Auxiliary versus core theory 2) zero- and uni-variate data 3) completeness 4) Primary, compound, data parameters 5) add_my_pet library: philosophy and aims 6) co-variation of parameter values among species: zoom factor 7) cost for structure & growth efficiency 8) parameter estimation using zero- and uni-variate data simultaneously 9) example: Phyton regius 10) energy conductance 11) quality control: COMPLETE and FIT marks Reference: http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/research/bib/Kooy2012.pdf