Application of an XML-based genetic algorithm to a rainfall-runoff erosion model

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 337, Issue , 2010, Pages 366-374

  Soares Jr , Amílcar ^a   Santos, Celso A G ^a   Motta, Gustavo H M B ^a   Barbosa, Francisco A R ^a   Freire, Paula K M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Optimization of parameters; Rainfall runoff erosion simulation; WESP model; XML

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROBLEMS; CONFIGURABLE; EROSION MODELS; EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE; OPTIMAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION OF PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RAINFALL-RUNOFF-EROSION SIMULATION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; WATERSHED EROSION SIMULATION PROGRAMS; WESP MODEL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; MARKUP LANGUAGES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER RESOURCES; XML;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EROSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEDIMENT YIELD; WATERSHED;

EID: 79952670933     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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