Frequency analysis of low flows using the Akaike information criterion

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1180-1189

  Lawal, Semiu A ^a   Watt, W Edgar ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit; Information criterion; Low flow frequency; Probability plot

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GUMBER DISTRIBUTION; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; LOW FLOWS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOW FLOW;

EID: 0030428150     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l96-927     Document Type: Article

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