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In order to achieve reasonable computation procedures, random variables must be approximated by truncated series.
We have also made no further progress on deciding how well the constant term f0 of the flow polynomial can be approximated.
The model critically assumes that real-world biophysical and technological parameters can be adequately approximated through linear relationships.
The age distribution for migrants approximated a normal distribution and the ages of positive migrant individuals was not significantly different from this distribution.
This can be usually well approximated by an exponential decrease of the density spanning several orders of magnitude.
Alternatively, the information can be summarized, approximated or otherwise processed on its way up the tree to reduce the information load.
Of course, supplementary variables can be continuous, but they can be approximated by variables with a phase-type distribution.
The parameterisation concerns the generalised coordinates that are approximated using cubic splines.
