ESTIMATING PARAMETERS OF EV1 DISTRIBUTION FOR FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS Academic Article

abstract

• ABSTRACT: The parameters of the extreme value type 1 distribution were estimated for 55 annual flood data sets by seven methods. These are the methods of (1) moments, (2) probability weighted moments, (3) mixed moments, (4) maximum likelihood estimation, (5) incomplete means, (6) principle of maximum entropy, and (7) least squares. The method of maximum likelihood estimation was found to be the best and the method of incomplete means the worst. The differences between the methods of principle of maximum entropy, probability weighted moments, moments, and least squares were only minor. The difference between these methods and the method of maximum likelihood was not pronounced. Copyright 1987, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

authors

• Singh, Vijay

published proceedings

• Journal of the American Water Resources Association

author list (cited authors)

• Jam, D., & Singh, V. P.

citation count

• 21

complete list of authors

• Jam, Deepak||Singh, Vijay P

publication date

• February 1987

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1987.tb00784.x

start page

• 59

end page

• 71

volume

• 23

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1987.tb00784.x