An experiment on the evolution of an ensemble of neural networks for streamflow forecasting

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 603-612

  Boucher, M A ^a   Laliberte J P ^a   Anctil, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 77950360747     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-603-2010     Document Type: Article

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