Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution

The suitability of the Extreme Value Type I (EV1) and the Rayleigh distributions for flood frequency analysis is discussed. The distributions were applied to the annual maximum flood series generated by first-order autoregressive (AR(1)) process of length 90 for 1000 years. Here two methods of param...

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Main Author: Yaziz, Siti Roslindar
Format: Thesis
Published: 2010
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description The suitability of the Extreme Value Type I (EV1) and the Rayleigh distributions for flood frequency analysis is discussed. The distributions were applied to the annual maximum flood series generated by first-order autoregressive (AR(1)) process of length 90 for 1000 years. Here two methods of parameter estimation namely the maximum likelihood and the probability-weighted moments estimators were used. The probability of exceedance of the 90th and the 99th percentiles were also considered. It was found that the EV1 distribution fits the data well compared to the Rayleigh distribution. The risks estimates calculated using the EV1 distribution agrees with the empirical distribution.
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spelling utm.eprints-167262017-08-23T03:56:13Z http://eprints.utm.my/16726/ Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution Yaziz, Siti Roslindar QA Mathematics The suitability of the Extreme Value Type I (EV1) and the Rayleigh distributions for flood frequency analysis is discussed. The distributions were applied to the annual maximum flood series generated by first-order autoregressive (AR(1)) process of length 90 for 1000 years. Here two methods of parameter estimation namely the maximum likelihood and the probability-weighted moments estimators were used. The probability of exceedance of the 90th and the 99th percentiles were also considered. It was found that the EV1 distribution fits the data well compared to the Rayleigh distribution. The risks estimates calculated using the EV1 distribution agrees with the empirical distribution. 2010 Thesis NonPeerReviewed Yaziz, Siti Roslindar (2010) Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science.
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Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution
title Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution
title_full Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution
title_fullStr Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution
title_short Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution
title_sort comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 ev1 and the rayleigh distribution
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