MULVA-5 Update 98
This update (March 1998) replaces the version of October 1996

New Features

Markov chain - in DATSIM-24 there is a routine that interprets the relevés as a time series with constant time steps. A transition matrix is derived and a set of Markov-relevés is generated:
2 diagrams
(These diagrams have been drawn by Excel)

Bayes probability maps - in BAYMOD-56 the probabilities of all plots belongig to one of the model-vegetation types is written into a file. When including spatial co-ordinates, a dot-by-dot probability map is obtained:
dot grid
(This map was created with DeltaGraph Professional v2.0)

Fuzzy vegetation maps - in FUZZORD-54 the degrees of belonging of all relevés to specified vegetation types are calculated and written into file. When including spatial co-ordinates, a dot-by-dot fuzzy map is obtained. Note that the results look similar to probability maps, but they are solely based on vegetation data:
dot grid
(This scattergram was created with DeltaGraph Professional v2.0)

Resemblance structure of groups - in NODAL-55 the average resemblance within and between groups is calculated reveals the internal variability of groups and relationships among them. The symmetric square matrix is available as tab-separated table or as print-plot:

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2. GROUP
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3. GROUP
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4. GROUP
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Minor improvements

IMPORT: Reading EXCEL-text files is made easier by offering a preview of the data.

DATA: Splitting data sets simultaneously into releve and species groups has been debugged.

EXPORT: The export format has been adapted to improve compatibility with CANOCO.

AUTCOR: A matel test has been included for overall auto-correlation.

TABLES: Some known bugs have been eliminated.

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