Hydrologic synthesis using entropy theory: Review

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-433

  Singh, Vijay P ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Entropy theory; Hydrology.; Principle of maximum entropy; Probability distribution; Shannon entropy

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION THEOREMS; ENTROPY THEORY; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS; PHYSICAL APPLICATION; PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY; SHANNON ENTROPY; SPACE DOMAIN;

HYDROLOGY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER;

ENTROPY;

ENTROPY; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79955741624     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000332     Document Type: Article

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