[x] Clarify the distinction between probability, uncertainty, variability, and stochasticity
variability is a property of a system, the variation of a quantity along axes (spatial, temporal, environmental, etc.)
uncertainty is a lack of knowledge
stochasticity is a property of a system, the processes and space and time that leads to specific outcomes, sometimes related to sampling
probability is a measure
[x] Explain that regional probabilities are often used as priors
[x] Explain that probabilities may be uncertain
General flow
[x] Cut unuseful sentences before fixing the flow with transition sentences
[x] Improve general flow with either of these:
keep the same flow of the abstract in the intro and paper
in each section, describe (1) What are probabilities, (2) What are they conditioned on, and (3) How to estimate them, potentially using that as subtitles
add a conceptual figure showing the three levels (interactions, local, and regional)
explain the flow in more detail in a paragraph
[x] Link back to the overall idea at the end of each section and subsection
[x] Change all subtitles to statements
Boxes
[x] Make them shorter, removing at least 50% of the text and moving methods and technicality in sup mat
[x] Cite boxes in table
[x] Modify Box 1. Change equation 5 by replacing the strength of association with co-occurrence probability
Notation
[x] Remove arrows (maybe)
[x] If lambda has units per time, add t in the Poisson distribution of W (to cancel out units)
Concepts
[x] Clarify the distinction between probability, uncertainty, variability, and stochasticity
variability is a property of a system, the variation of a quantity along axes (spatial, temporal, environmental, etc.)
uncertainty is a lack of knowledge
stochasticity is a property of a system, the processes and space and time that leads to specific outcomes, sometimes related to sampling
probability is a measure
[x] Explain that regional probabilities are often used as priors
[x] Explain that probabilities may be uncertain
General flow
[x] Cut unuseful sentences before fixing the flow with transition sentences
[x] Improve general flow with either of these:
keep the same flow of the abstract in the intro and paper
in each section, describe (1) What are probabilities, (2) What are they conditioned on, and (3) How to estimate them, potentially using that as subtitles
add a conceptual figure showing the three levels (interactions, local, and regional)
explain the flow in more detail in a paragraph
[x] Link back to the overall idea at the end of each section and subsection
[x] Change all subtitles to statements
Boxes
Notation
Other