An Application of Filtered Renewal Processes in Hydrology. (5th May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lefebvre, Mario; Bensalma, Fatima
• Other Names: Dulikravich George S. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of engineering mathematics. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-05-05
• Subjects: Engineering mathematics -- Periodicals; Engineering mathematics; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 620.00151
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/593243
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2356-7007

Abstract

Abstract : Filtered renewal processes are used to forecast daily river flows. For these processes, contrary to filtered Poisson processes, the time between consecutive events is not necessarily exponentially distributed, which is more realistic. The model is applied to obtain one- and two-day-ahead forecasts of the flows of the Delaware and Hudson Rivers, both located in the United States. Better results are obtained than with filtered Poisson processes, which are often used to model river flows.