Award details

Application of statistical methods to predictive biology

Reference	BBS/E/C/00004937
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Christopher Rawlings
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Walter Gilks
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	137,946
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2008
End date	31/03/2012
Duration	48 months

Abstract

The application of an appropriate statistical method is key to extracting maximum information from a data set to answer biological questions and predict system behaviour and its associated uncertainty. Biological systems always show variability, and statistical methods can be used to identify and quantify this variability and separate it from systematic trend. This project improves the use of applied statistics to answer biological questions via data from designed experiments and observational studies. The approaches taken will include the adoption and evaluation of new statistical methods, as well as the adaptation of existing techniques into new areas of science. Areas to be investigated include: modelling of genotype x environment interaction at both the phenotypic and genotypic levels, with evaluation of field-based designs; use of analysis of distance procedures for quantification of differences in complex multivariate data (eg. PLFA); evaluation of smoothing splines and non-linear mixed models for responses from field and laboratory data; estimation of parameters within general process models; model validation, particularly stochastic simulation models; detection of data outliers within complex linear models.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science, Systems Biology
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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