Nonparametric estimation of low-flow frequencies

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-49

  Adamowski, Kaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STREAM FLOW; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

BOOTSTRAP METHOD; LOG-PEARSON TYPE 3; LOW FLOW FREQUENCIES; NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION; ZERO VALUE;

HYDRAULICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FLOW; MONTE CARLO MODELING;

FLOW FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOW SERIES; LOW FLOW; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; PARAMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; PARAMETRIC METHOD; ZERO FLOW; ZERO VALUES;

EID: 0029677729     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1996)122:1(46)     Document Type: Article

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