Evaluation of the subjective factors of the GLUE method and comparison with the formal Bayesian method in uncertainty assessment of hydrological models

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 390, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 210-221

  Li, Lu ^a,b,c   Xia, Jun ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^c   Singh, V P ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Texas A and M University   (United States)

^e Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; DTVGM; GLUE; Hydrological models; Uncertainty assessment; WASMOD

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN METHODS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; GLUE METHODS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODEL FIT; MODEL SIMULATION; NORTH CHINA; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; SAMPLES RATE; SIMULATED DISCHARGES; SUBJECTIVE FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; WATERSHED MODELLING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GLUES; GLUING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MODEL STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CHINA;

EID: 77955581001     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.044     Document Type: Article

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