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@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ Variance component 'a' is based on a normal distribution with standard deviation
Variance component 'b' is also based on a normal distribution, but with a standard deviation of 7.
Variance component 'c' is based on the error model from Rocke and Lorenzato (1995), with the
minimum standard deviation (for small y values) of 0.5, and a proportionality constant of 0.07
- for the increase of the standard deviation with y.
+ for the increase of the standard deviation with y. Note that this is a simplified version
+ of the error model proposed by Rocke and Lorenzato (1995), as in their model the error of the
+ measured values approximates lognormal distribution for high values, whereas we are using
+ normally distributed error components all along.
Initial concentrations for metabolites and all values where adding the variance component resulted
in a value below the assumed limit of detection of 0.1 were set to NA.
As an example, the first dataset has the title SFO_lin_a and is based on the SFO model
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ Compare also the code in the example section to see the degradation models." />
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@@ -142,7 +145,10 @@ Compare also the code in the example section to see the degradation models." />
Variance component 'b' is also based on a normal distribution, but with a standard deviation of 7.
Variance component 'c' is based on the error model from Rocke and Lorenzato (1995), with the
minimum standard deviation (for small y values) of 0.5, and a proportionality constant of 0.07
- for the increase of the standard deviation with y.</p>
+ for the increase of the standard deviation with y. Note that this is a simplified version
+ of the error model proposed by Rocke and Lorenzato (1995), as in their model the error of the
+ measured values approximates lognormal distribution for high values, whereas we are using
+ normally distributed error components all along.</p>
<p>Initial concentrations for metabolites and all values where adding the variance component resulted
in a value below the assumed limit of detection of 0.1 were set to <code>NA</code>.</p>
<p>As an example, the first dataset has the title <code>SFO_lin_a</code> and is based on the SFO model

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