Bayesian GLS Regression with application to LP3 Regional Skew Estimation

World Water and Environmental Resources Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1843-1852

  Reis Jr , D S ^a   Stedinger, J R ^a   Martins, E S ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Agenda de Regulacao dos Servicos Publicos Delegados do Estado do Ceara (Arce)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY DETERMINATION; GENERALIZED LEAST SQUARES (GLS) REGRESSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FLOOD CONTROL;

EID: 1642517050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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