Development of an Automatic Calibration Tool Using Genetic Algorithm for the ARNO Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Model

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2535-2549

  Khazaei, Mohammad Reza ^a   Zahabiyoun, Bagher ^b   Saghafian, Bahram ^c   Ahmadi, Shahin ^d  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Automatic calibration; Conceptual rainfall runoff models; Fitness function; Genetic algorithm; Karun river

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899997618     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-013-0903-8     Document Type: Article

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