SOME RECENT ADVANCES IN THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY (POME) IN HYDROLOGY. Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • The principle of maximum entropy (POME) developed in communication and information sciences has recently been found to have wide ranging applications in hydrology and water resources. This paper surveys some of these applications with particular reference to (1) derivation of frequency distributions, (2) parameter estimation, (3) evaluation of data acquisition systems, (4) derivation of functional relationships, and (5) assessment of uncertainty. It is shown that POME offers a unified approach to derivation of a number of frequency distributions used for hydrological analyses.

published proceedings

  • IAHS Publication (International Association of Hydrological Sciences)

author list (cited authors)

  • Singh, V. P., & Rajagopal, A. K.

complete list of authors

  • Singh, VP||Rajagopal, AK

publication date

  • December 1987