NRS - RWU 4104

Last modified 08/24/2007

Balance

Balance is a computer program for modeling diameter distributions. It's capabilities include fitting "q" distributions to stand level and tree level data. In addition, you can fit two- and three-parameter Weibull distributions and their size-biased counterparts. Size-biased Weibulls arise from sampling with an angle gauge on along a line (horizontal line sampling) or a point (horizontal point sampling). The program is written for MicroSoft Windows platforms and has a full graphical user interface.

Balance.zip (Balance.zip - 4.63 Mb)

Right click on .zip file and select "Save Target As..." Save file to your hard drive.

Unzip the file using your preferred utility, keeping the directory structure in the zip file. The complete user's manual is found under the \Balance\doc subdirectory. The executable program is \Balance\bin\Balance.exe. Simply double-click on this file to run the program. Alternatively, the appendix in the user's manual details the steps for setting up shortcuts to from the desktop or main system menu.

A screen shot of the program is shown below.

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