Bias compensation in flood frequency analysis;Correction de biais dans l’analyse de fréquence des crues

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-401

  He, Jianxun ^a   Anderson, Axel ^b   Valeo, Caterina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Foothill's Hospital   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

artificial neural networks; bias compensation; flood frequency analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; parameter estimator; quantile

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL EXTREME VALUES; PARAMETER ESTIMATORS; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS; QUANTILE ESTIMATION; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

FLOOD CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SAMPLING BIAS; STREAMFLOW;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84924138749     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2014.885651     Document Type: Article

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