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
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spelling my-utm-ep.167262017-08-23T03:56:13Z Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution 2010 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 http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/16726/ masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science Faculty of Science
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Yaziz, Siti Roslindar
Comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (EV1) and the rayleigh distribution
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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author Yaziz, Siti Roslindar
author_facet Yaziz, Siti Roslindar
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title 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_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_sort comparison of the performance of the extreme value type 1 (ev1) and the rayleigh distribution
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science
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