Comparative assessment of six automatic optimization techniques for calibration of a conceptual rainfall-runoff model

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 432-449

  Goswami, Monomoy ^a   O'Connor, Kieran Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Optimization; Particle swarm optimization; Rosenbrock; Shuffled complex evolution; Simplex; Simulated annealing; SMAR

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RAIN; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODEL; ROSENBROCK'S TECHNIQUE; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION;

RUNOFF;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 34249827898     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.52.3.432     Document Type: Article

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