Generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE) and approximate Bayesian computation: What's the connection?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Nott, David J ^a   Marshall, Lucy ^b   Brown, Jason ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN; BAYES PROCEDURE; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; GLUE APPLICATION; HYDROLOGIC APPLICATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KERNEL FUNCTION; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GLUING;

GLUES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871579209     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011128     Document Type: Article

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