Application of Fuzzy Multiobjective Function on Storm-Event Rainfall-Runoff Model Calibration
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 9, Issue 5
Abstract
Calibration is a necessary process for rainfall-runoff models. A fuzzy multiobjective function (FMOF) was proposed to combine various objective functions using only three important features of a hydrograph (i.e., time to peak flow, peak flow, and total runoff volume) for model calibration. A distributed storm-event rainfall-runoff model was used in the study to show how to use FMOF for different applications. The results reveal that FMOF using only three features of a hydrograph for model calibration, not a whole hydrograph, has a performance equivalent to that of the conventional single objective function.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 9 • Issue 5 • September 2004
Pages: 440 - 445
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Feb 29, 2000
Accepted: Dec 19, 2003
Published online: Aug 16, 2004
Published in print: Sep 2004
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