A comparison of artificial neural networks used for river flow forecasting

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 529-540

  Dawson, Christian W ^a   Wilby, Robert L ^b,c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER FLOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033512986     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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