Nonparametric estimation of quantiles by the kernel method;Estimation non paramétrique des quantiles de crue par la méthode des noyaux

Revue des Sciences de l'Eau

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 515-541

  Faucher, D ^a   Rasmussen, P F ^b   Bobee B ^a  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparison; Extreme values; Floods; Frequency analysis; Kernel method; Smoothing parameter

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION;

FLOODS;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038336551     PISSN: 09927158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/705467ar     Document Type: Article

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