Bayesian inference for long-term prediction of significant wave height

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 393-400

  Scotto, M G ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Extreme value models; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Return value; Sea levels

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; EXTREME VALUE MODELS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT;

SEA LEVEL;

ALGORITHMS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 34247255031     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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