Evaluation of neural network streamflow forecasting on 47 watersheds

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-88

  Anctil, François ^a   Rat, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Performance evaluation; Rainfall runoff relationship; Streamflow forecasting; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORECASTING; STREAM FLOW; VECTORS; WATERSHEDS;

INPUT SELECTION; INTUITIVE PREPROCESSING; MULTIPLE-LAYER PERCEPTRON (MLP) NETWORKS; TRIAL AND ERROR PROCESS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOW MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

EID: 11944267778     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)1084-0699(2005)10:1(85)     Document Type: Article

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