Commentary to: a cross-validation-based approach for delimiting reliable home range estimates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Continued exploration of the performance of the recently proposed cross-validation-based approach for delimiting home ranges using the Time Local Convex Hull (T-LoCoH) method has revealed a number of issues with the original formulation.

Main text

Here we replace the ad hoc cross-validation score with a new formulation based on the total log probability of out-of-sample predictions. To obtain these probabilities, we interpret the normalized LoCoH hulls as a probability density. The application of the approach described here results in optimal parameter sets that differ dramatically from those selected using the original formulation. The derived metrics of home range size, mean revisitation rate, and mean duration of visit are also altered using the corrected formu

SUBMITTER: Dougherty ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042211 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature