Large simulation models: Calibration, uniqueness and goodness of fit

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 219-228

  Spear, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031446992     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(97)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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