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APPENDIX A
Figures A1 presents examples of the successive model fitting
in txhe sensitivity analysis, assuming the Gamma model of
Equation (4). Figure A1(a) shows the baseline condition,
using the entire dataset. Figures A1(b), A1(c) and A1(d)
present examples of model fitting after removing one data-
point at a time, as in Figure 3 for the SFR model.
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Figure A1. Examples of the procedure in the sensitivity analysis, using the Gamma model: (a) model fitting with no data
removal (b) model fitting omitting the first datapoint (c) model fitting omitting the second datapoint (d) model fitting
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