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The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the appropriateness of these models and possible improvements or alternative approaches. Issues for discussion at the workshop include the appropriateness of the modeling techniques developed by NASS, the extent to which the model's assumptions can be validated, the robustness of the estimates to a failure of one or more assumptions, and other technical issues of model specification.
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Using Models to Estimate Hog and Pig Inventories: Proceedings of a Workshop
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·2019
In 2014, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) engaged the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a planning committee to organize a public workshop for an expert open discussion of their then-current livestock models. The models had worked well for some t...
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