Overview of the models

Model # Variables # Parameters # Constants Structure Right hand side of ODE Source
AWB 11 16 \(f_{s}=I+T_{M}\,N\,C\) Allison, Wallenstein, & Bradford (2010)
ICBM 2 5 \(f_{s}=I+\xi\,T\,N\,C\) Andrén & Kätterer (1997)
FB2005 (4) 5 12 \(f_{s}=I+A_{GM}\,C\) Fontaine & Barot (2005)
HD-1945 2 4 \(f_{s}=I+A_{GeM}\,C\) Hénin & Dupuis (1945)
RothC-26.3 5 7 \(f_{s}=I+\xi\,A\,C\) Jenkinson & Rayner (1977)
Century 9 13 \(f_{s}=I+\xi\,A\,C\) Parton, Schimel, Cole, & Ojima (1987)
Exoenzyme 4 7 \(f_{s}=T\,N\,C\) J. P. Schimel & Weintraub (2003)
Exoenzyme rMM 4 8 \(f_{s}=T\,N\,C\) J. P. Schimel & Weintraub (2003)
Exoenzyme rMM+ 4 8 \(f_{s}=T\,N\,C\) J. P. Schimel & Weintraub (2003)
MEND 7 19 \(f_{s}=I+T\,N\,C\) Wang, Post, & Mayes (2013)
BACWAVE 5 10 \(f_{s}=I+T\,N\,C\) Zelenev, van Bruggen, & Semenov (2000)

Figures


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Figure 1: Histograms, # variables

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Figure 4: # variables & parameters

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Figure 4b: # variables & # operations

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Figure 5: # variables & cascading depth of operations

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Figure 6: cascading depth and # operations

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