Evaluation of confidence intervals for a steady-state leaky aquifer model

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 807-817

  Christensen, S ^a   Cooley, R L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Groundwater flow; Model; Nonlinearity; Regression

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; STEADY-STATE LEAKY AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033597586     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(98)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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