8. Predictive Analysis ............................................................................................................164
8.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................164
8.2 Predictive Analysis Mode ...........................................................................................165
8.3 Predictive Analysis Control Variables........................................................................167
8.3.1 The PESTMODE Variable..................................................................................167
8.3.2 Predictive Analysis Section of the PEST Control File........................................167
8.3.3 User Intervention.................................................................................................173
8.4 Confidence and Predictive Intervals ...........................................................................173
8.4.1 General ................................................................................................................173
8.4.2 One Methodology for Accommodation of Predictive Noise ..............................174
8.4.3 An Alternative Methodology ..............................................................................175
8.4.4 Objective Function Constraints...........................................................................175
8.4.5 Implementation in PEST .....................................................................................176
8.5 Model-Based Hypothesis Testing ...............................................................................176