Genetic algorithm based parameter estimation of Nash model

Water Resources Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-533

  Dong, Si Hui ^a  

^a DALIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Empirical unit hydrograph; Flood forecast; Genetic algorithm; Instantaneous unit hydrograph; Netrain; Parameter estimation; Time step unit hydrograph

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATLAB; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

APPROXIMATE FORMULA METHOD; EMPIRICAL UNIT HYDROGRAPH; FLOOD FORECAST; NASH MODEL;

RUNOFF;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATLAB; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HYDROGRAPH; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF;

EID: 40549127794     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-007-9208-6     Document Type: Article

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