Articles

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Model Performance Sensitivity to Objective Function during Automated Calibrations, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (2012)

Previous studies have reported limitations of the efficiency criteria commonly used in hydrology to describe...

 

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Improving Model Performance Using Season-Based Evaluation, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (2012)

Computer models have become vital decision-making tools in many areas of science and engineering including...

 

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Sensitivity of a Distributed Watershed Simulation Model to Spatial Scale (with John W. Nicklow and Elias G. Bekele), Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (2007)

The results of distributed watershed models could be sensitive to spatial and temporal scales at...

 

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Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis coupled with automatic calibration for a distributed watershed model (with John W. Nicklow), Journal of Hydrology (2005)

Distributed watershed models should pass through a careful calibration procedure before they are utilized as...

 

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Decision Support for Watershed Management Using Evolutionary Algorithms (with John W. Nicklow), Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2005)

An integrative computational methodology is developed for the management of nonpoint source pollution from watersheds....

 

Conference Proceedings

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Improving Model Performance Using Dynamic Evaluation and Proper Objective Function, Proceedings of the 2011 Conference of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute: Palm Springs, CA (2011)

Models have become important decision making aids. Model evaluation (i.e., global sensitivity analysis, calibration and...

 

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Modeling Erosion and Sedimentation Processes in the Chorro Creek Subwatershed to Evaluate and Develop Effective Watershed Management Approaches (with Michael Randall), Proceedings of the 2011 Conference of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute: Palm Springs, CA (2011)

The Morro Bay Watershed, located in San Luis Obispo County, California, covers more than 48,000...

 

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Evaluating Effectiveness of Best Management Practices to Control Accelerated Sedimentation of the Morro Bay Estuary, Proceedings of the 2010 Watershed Management Conference: Madison, Wisconsin (2010)

The Morro Bay estuary, located on the central Coast of California approximately half way between...

 

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Comparison of Model Evaluation Methods to Develop a Comprehensive Watershed Simulation Model, Proceedings of the 2010 Conference of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute: Palm Springs, CA (2010)

Comprehensive environmental models such as the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) are becoming an...

 

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Multi-objective Design of Transient Network Models (with Bong Seog Jung and Paul F. Boulos), Proceedings of the 2009 Conference of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute: Kansas City, Missouri (2009)

The optimal design of a water distribution system under transient conditions is formulated as a...