Variance of load estimates derived by piecewise linear interpolation

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1114-1120

  Shih, George ^a   Wang, Xiaosong ^b   Grimshaw, H J ^b   Vanarman, Joel ^c  

^a Resident Consulting Sci Dept of Water Resour Evaluation South Florida Water Mgmt Dist   (United States)

^b Sr Envir Sci Dept of Regulation South Florida Water Mgmt Dist   (United States)

^c Lead Envir Sci Dept of Ping South Florida Water Mgmt Dist   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERPOLATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY;

CROSS-VALIDATION TECHNIQUE; VARIOGRAMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MODELING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032214572     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1998)124:11(1114)     Document Type: Article

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