On numerical solver selection and related uncertainty terminology

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-250

  Claeys, Petra ^a   Van Griensven, Ann ^b   Benedetti, Lorenzo ^a   De Baets, Bernard ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; Numerical solver; Terminology; Uncertainty; Uncertainty matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149424619     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2009.072     Document Type: Article

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