Probabilistic optimization for conceptual rainfall-runoff models: A comparison of the shuffled complex evolution and simulated annealing algorithms

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 767-773

  Thyer, Mark ^a   Kuczera, George ^a   Bates, Bryson C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

CATCHMENTS; CONCEPTUAL RAINFALL-RUNOFF (CRR) MODELS; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION ALGORITHM; THREE-PHASE SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHM;

WATERSHEDS;

ALGORITHM; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

EID: 0033105463     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900058     Document Type: Article

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