Decision criteria, data fusion and prediction calibration: A Bayesian approach;Critères de décision, fusion de données et calage des prédictions: Une approche Bayésienne

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1033-1050

  Krzysztofowicz, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Data fusion; Decision criteria; Decision making; Distribution function; Estimation; Expected utility; Informativeness; Prediction calibration; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; DECISION CRITERIA; EXPECTED UTILITY; INFORMATIVENESS; PREDICTION CALIBRATION; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; DATA FUSION; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; INFORMATION FUSION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DECISION THEORY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649757234     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.505894     Document Type: Article

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