title: Variables, constants, and parameters: clarifying the system structure.
abstract: This paper introduces the terminology and application of parameter estimation techniques for clarifying models of pulmonary gas-exchange control dynamics. Results are given of modeled first-order systems, and the extension of such models to higher orders is discussed with examples. It is emphasized that justification of the adequacy of a model is statistically quantifiable and must be performed before appropriate interpretation of system behavior is possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lamarra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology*