TABLE 1.

Parameters for growth data generation and retrieved parameters using equation 16 as a model with equations 13 and 14 as the probability rate functions

Parameter type	Sigmoid growth curvea					Peaked growth/mortality curveb
	Pd = Pm	kd	km	tcd	tcm	Pd	Pm	k	tcd	tcm
Parameters for data generation	0.5	0.3	0.2	10	20	0.4	0.55	0.75	9	22.5
Retrieved parameters
Parameters for four-parameter version	0.47	0.21	0.21	10.1	21.2
Parameters for five-parameter version	0.49	0.23	0.21	10.1	20.7	0.43	0.58	0.88	10.1	22.3

^aExamples are shown in Fig. 10.

^bExamples are shown in Fig. 11.