Sampling techniques for Halphen distributions

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 592-604

  El Adlouni, Salaheddine ^a   Bobée, Bernard ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood frequency; Markov chains; Monte Carlo method; Sampling

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SAMPLING;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; HALPHEN DISTRIBUTION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FLOODS;

FLOODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SAMPLING;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING;

EID: 36348966047     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2007)12:6(592)     Document Type: Article

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