Usefulness of the reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo model in regional flood frequency analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Ribatet, M ^a,b,c   Sauquet, E ^a,c   Gresillon J M ^a,c   Ouarda, T B M J ^b  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

BAYESIAN FRAMEWORK; POOLING GROUPS; REGIONAL ESTIMATION;

FLOOD CONTROL;

FLOOD CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 34848831164     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005525     Document Type: Article

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