Extreme value statistics: Potential benefits in water quality management

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Thas, O ^a   Vanrolleghem, P ^a   Kops, B ^a   Van Vooren, L ^a   Ottoy, J P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extreme value statistics; Risk analysis; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

WATER QUALITY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030660469     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00498-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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