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Technologist Polyhistor Historian Mentor Genius Developer Visionary Observer

• Pioneers of yield science • Scientific testament of forest modelling • Time axis of forest modelling

Dedicated to Maria Theresia (1717-1780)

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• Core of forestry study • Topics connected to forest modelling • Forest and tree functioning and structure

Dedicated to Jan Amos Comenius (1592-1670)

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• Forest as complex system • From forest system to forest model • Model of forest behavior • Model of forest structure • Forest simulator

Dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

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• Biometry of tree and stand • Statistical methods in forest modelling • Variance in forest models • Bias, precision and accuracy • Model calibration

Dedicated to Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)

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• Classification of models depending upon modelling concepts • Classification of models depending upon time-hierarchical level • Classification map of forest models • Categories of forest models

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• Methods of empirical forest modelling • Methods of process-based forest modelling • Methods of structural forest modelling

Dedicated to Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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• Methods and tools of forest visualisation • Progressive methods of data acquisition • Programming and application of forest models

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Visions of forest modelling for future

Dedicated to Jules Verne (1828-1905)

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