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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2015 Sep 8;53:445–454. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.08.041

Table 4.

Fitting comparisons between linear and nonlinear models, showing overall mean error, mean error of the five peak values, and the normalized mean square error goodness of fit value.

Fully Nonlinear Model Linear Instantaneous, Nonlinear Viscoelastic Nonlinear Instantaneous, Linear Viscoelastic Fully Linear Model
Complete Response Error (%) 3.20 15.1 4.08 33.0
Peak Response Error Only (%) 3.39 18.3 5.58 106
NMSE Fit Value 1.00 0.984 0.999 0.937