Evolutionary modeling for streamflow forecasting with minimal datasets: A case study in the West Malian River, China

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-385

  Ni, Qingwei ^a   Wang, Li ^b   Ye, Renzhen ^c   Yang, Fenglin ^a   Sivakumar, Muttucumaru ^d  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENYANG UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual streamflow; Evaporation; GP algorithm; Precipitation; Statistical methods; West Malian River

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL STREAMFLOW; AUTOMATIC SELECTION; CLIMATIC DATA; DATA SETS; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; GP ALGORITHM; GRAY THEORIES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LARGE DATASETS; MEASURED DATA; MODEL RELATIONSHIPS; MULTI LAYER PERCEPTRON; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRECIPITATION; REMOTE AREAS; STREAMFLOW FORECASTING; TRAINING AND TESTING; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC LOADS; EVAPORATION; FORECASTING; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; LINEAR REGRESSION; MULTILAYERS; RIVERS; STATISTICS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACK PROPAGATION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTRON; PREDICTION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MALIA;

EID: 77952366436     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2009.0082     Document Type: Article

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