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Fourier series and response curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. V. Dyke
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
Gina L. Smith
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
D. P. Yeoman
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ

Summary

Simple series of trigonometric terms (Fourier series) give good representations of response curves including sigmoid curves and intersecting straight lines.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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