Table D.2.
The min, mode and maximum parameter values for temperature (T), pH and water activity (aw), used in Pert distributions when simulating growth during dry‐ageing of beef
| Stage (days) | T | pH | aw | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Mode | Max | Min | Mode | Max | Min | Mode | Max | |
| 0 | −0.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.99 |
| 14 | −0.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.99 |
| 21 | −0.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.99 |
| 28 | −0.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.99 |
| 35 | −0.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.99 |
| 42 | −0.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.99 |
| 77 | −0.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.99 |