Prediction of longitudinal dispersion coefficients in natural rivers using genetic algorithm

Hydrology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 544-552

  Sahay, Rajeev Ranjan ^a   Dutta, Som ^a  

^a Biria Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Coefficients; Dispersion; Genetic algorithms; Pollutant flow; River flow; Streams

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BOTTOM SHEAR; COEFFICIENTS; FIELD DATA; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; INFLUENCING PARAMETERS; INPUT PARAMETER; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; MEAN VELOCITIES; NATURAL RIVER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE INDICES; RIVER FLOW; SENSITIVE ANALYSIS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

DISPERSIONS;

DISPERSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RIVER BANK; RIVER FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 76049086439     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2009.014     Document Type: Article

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