Research Article

A Combined Model of Global Cultivated Area Change and Prediction for Future: 1961–2020

Table 4

Prediction results of cubic curve model, the Gompertz model, and cyclic model.

IndexOverall sample (1961–2008)Recent years (1991–2008)
Cubic curveCyclic GompertzCubic curveCyclic Gompertz

MAPE2.763.677.892.536.2211.13
TIC0.020.020.040.020.040.07
Bias proportion0.000.000.000.180.150.32
Variance proportion0.020.030.040.030.210.05
Covariance proportion0.980.970.960.790.630.62