Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan
In determining the best-fit model for the hourly rainfall amounts for the twelve stations in the Wilayah Persekutuan, four distributions namely, the Exponential, Gamma, Weibull and Mixed-Exponential were used. Parameters for each distribution were estimated using the maximum likelihood method. The b...
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| description | In determining the best-fit model for the hourly rainfall amounts for the twelve stations in the Wilayah Persekutuan, four distributions namely, the Exponential, Gamma, Weibull and Mixed-Exponential were used. Parameters for each distribution were estimated using the maximum likelihood method. The best-fit model was chosen based upon the minimum error produced by the goodness-of-fit tests used in this study. The tests were justified further by the exceedance probability plot. The Mixed-Exponential was found to be the most appropriate distribution in describing the hourly rainfall amounts. From the parameter estimates for the Mixed-Exponential distribution, it could be implied that most of the hourly rainfall amount recorded were received from the heavy rainfall even though there was a high occurrences of light rainfall. |
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| spelling | utm-57032017-11-01T04:17:27Z http://eprints.utm.my/5703/ Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan Y., Fadhilah M. D., Zalina V. T. V., Nguyen S., Suhaila Y., Zulkifli QA Mathematics In determining the best-fit model for the hourly rainfall amounts for the twelve stations in the Wilayah Persekutuan, four distributions namely, the Exponential, Gamma, Weibull and Mixed-Exponential were used. Parameters for each distribution were estimated using the maximum likelihood method. The best-fit model was chosen based upon the minimum error produced by the goodness-of-fit tests used in this study. The tests were justified further by the exceedance probability plot. The Mixed-Exponential was found to be the most appropriate distribution in describing the hourly rainfall amounts. From the parameter estimates for the Mixed-Exponential distribution, it could be implied that most of the hourly rainfall amount recorded were received from the heavy rainfall even though there was a high occurrences of light rainfall. Penerbit UTM Press 2007-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/5703/3/FadhilahYusof2007_FittingTheBestFitDistribution.pdf text/html en http://eprints.utm.my/5703/4/278 Y., Fadhilah and M. D., Zalina and V. T. V., Nguyen and S., Suhaila and Y., Zulkifli (2007) Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan. Jurnal Teknologi, 46 (C). pp. 49-58. ISSN 2180-3722 DOI:10.11113/jt.v46.288 |
| spellingShingle | QA Mathematics Y., Fadhilah M. D., Zalina V. T. V., Nguyen S., Suhaila Y., Zulkifli Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan |
| title | Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan |
| title_full | Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan |
| title_fullStr | Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan |
| title_short | Fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the Wilayah Persekutuan |
| title_sort | fitting the best-fit distribution for the hourly rainfall amount in the wilayah persekutuan |
| topic | QA Mathematics |
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