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osmose-model / osmose-web-api

Web service that generates Osmose configuration files from data sources like Fishbase and SeaLifeBase. Used by https://www.config.osmose-model.org .
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Placing constraints on the estimation of sex ratios #138

Closed agruss2 closed 7 years ago

agruss2 commented 7 years ago

@Dengaloo @FIN-JBarile Regarding sex ratio, defined in OSMOSE as the proportion of females in the population - I am wondering if we should not place constraints on the estimation of this parameter ("species.sexratio.spX" in the "osm_param-species.csv" OSMOSE config file). For example, in the Iceland Shelf/Sea case study, sex ratios vary between 0.01 and 0.59; to my mind, a sex ratio of 0.01 is extreme, and I would not expect such a value in the real world. Therefore, should we place constraints on the estimation of sex ratios? For instance, should we ensure that sex ratios are not lower than 0.1 and not greater than 0.8? (The final lower and upper bounds would be decided based on your expert opinion). --> Please let me know if you think that it would be good to place constraints on the estimation of sex ratios. If so, then I will create a new API issue for Jorrit to ensure that only reasonable sex ratio estimates are provided to the user. Many thanks.

agruss2 commented 7 years ago

@Dengaloo and @FIN-JBarile confirmed via email that it would be good to place constraints on the estimation of sex ratios. Therefore, I am going to close the present issue and open a new API issue.