A manifesto for the equifinality thesis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 18-36

  Beven, Keith ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equifinality; Fuzzy measures; GLUE; Hydrological models; Observation error; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FUZZY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EQUIFINALITY; FUZZY MEASURES; GLUE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; OBSERVATION ERROR; UNCERTAINTY;

HYDROLOGY;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FUZZY CONTROL; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CALIBRATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644526990     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.07.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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