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Methods of Parameter Estimation

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Entropy-Based Parameter Estimation in Hydrology

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There is a multitude of methods for estimating parameters of hydrologic frequency models. Some of the popular methods used in hydrology include (1) method of moments (Nash, 1959; Dooge, 1973; Harley, 1967; O’Meara, 1968; Van de Nes and Hendriks, 1971; Singh, 1988); (2) method of probability weighted moments (Greenwood, et al., 1979); (3) method of mixed moments (Rao, 1980, 1983; Shrader, et al., 1981); (4) L-moments (Hosking, 1986, 1990, 1992); (5) maximum likelihood estimation (Douglas, et al., 1976; Sorooshian, et al., 1983; Phien and Jivajirajah, 1984); and (6) least squares method (Jones, 1971; Snyder, 1972; Bree, 1978a, 1978b). A brief review of these methods is given here.

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Singh, V.P. (1998). Methods of Parameter Estimation. In: Entropy-Based Parameter Estimation in Hydrology. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1431-0_2

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