Self-determined probability-weighted moments method and its application to various distributions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 180-200

  Haktanir, Tefaruk ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY;

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS (PWM);

FLOODS;

DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PLOTTING POSITION FORMULA; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS;

EID: 0031194677     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03206-4     Document Type: Article

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