Engineering and Design: Uncertainty Estimates for Nonanalytic Frequency Curves

Abstract

This letter presents a methodology for computing the uncertainty about nonanalytic frequency curves. This situation arises when estimating flow-frequency curves from hypothetical events regulated frequency curves and stage-frequency curves. The method involves the application of order statistics to compute the uncertainty distribution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1997
Accession Number
ADA403773

Entities

People

  • Steven L. Stockton

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Science
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Information Science
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • New York
  • Normal Distribution
  • Order Statistics
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Random Variables
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Regression Analysis.