Parameter optimization of the QUAL2K model for a multiple-reach river using an influence coefficient algorithm

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1985-1991

  Cho, Jae Heon ^a   Ha, Sung Ryong ^b  

^a Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automatic calibration; Genetic algorithm; Influence coefficient algorithm; Parameter optimization; QUAL2K; QUAL2Kw

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM PARAMETERS; AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; INFLUENCE COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY MODELS; STREAM WATER; UNSTEADY STATE; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; ERRORS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDRAULICS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PORPHYRINS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

RIVER WATER;

CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77649188320     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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