Some problems with application of change-point detection methods to environmental data

Environmetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-483

  Jarušková, Daniela ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Change point problem; Hydrological and meterological data; Non stationarity; Sudden and gradual type of change

Indexed keywords

CHANGE POINT DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL DATA;

EID: 0030809673     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-095X(199709/10)8:5<469::AID-ENV265>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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