Optimization of soil water characteristic curves parameters by modified firefly algorithm

Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao/Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 117-122

  Fu, Qiang ^a   Jiang, Ruiqi ^a   Wang, Zilong ^a   Li, Tianxiao ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Firefly algorithm; Moisture; Parameter optimization; Soil water characteristic curves; Soils; Van Genuchten model; Variant step length

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ALGORITHMS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CURVE FITTING; FIRE PROTECTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MOISTURE; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; TEXTURES; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FIREFLY ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; STEP LENGTH; VAN GENUCHTEN MODEL;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84934758341     PISSN: 10026819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11975/j.issn.1002-6819.2015.11.017     Document Type: Article

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