Using support vector machines for long-term discharge prediction

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-612

  Lin, Jian Yi ^a   Cheng, Chun Tian ^a   Chau, Kwok Wing ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autoregressive moving average (ARMA) models; Long term discharge prediction; Neural networks; SCE UA algorithm; Support vector machine

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING-AVERAGE (ARMA) MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION; LONG-TERM DISCHARGE PREDICTION; STOCHASTIC TIME SERIES; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

HYDROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; MODELING; PREDICTION; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES;

EID: 33746830757     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.4.599     Document Type: Article

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