Comparison of machine learning methods for runoff forecasting in mountainous watersheds with limited data

Journal of Water and Land Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-97

  Adamowski, Jan ^a   Prasher, Shiv O ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Machine learning; Runoff forecasting; Support vector regression; Wavelet networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878346183     PISSN: 14297426     EISSN: 20834535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10025-012-0038-4     Document Type: Article

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