Table 1 Mathematical models applied to drying curves of rose petals.

Logarithmic

\(MR = a\exp ( - kt) + c\)

Akhoundzadeh Yamchi et al.²³

Parabolic

\(MR = a + bt + ct^{2}\)

Tepe³⁰

Page

\(MR = \exp ( - kt^{n} )\)

Zubernik et al.⁴⁴

Yuan

\(MR = \frac{{a + bt + ct^{2} }}{{1 + dt + ft^{2} }}\)

Yun et al.⁴⁵

Henderson and Pabis

\(MR = a\exp ( - kt)\)

Salehi et al.⁴⁶

Weibull

\(MR = \exp \left[ { - \left( \frac{t}{b} \right)^{a} } \right]\)

Duan et al.⁴⁷

Two-term

\(MR = a\exp ( - kt) + c\exp ( - k_{0} t)\)

Oladejo et al.⁸