A Genetic Programming Approach to Rainfall-Runoff Modelling

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@Article{Savic1999219,

• author = "Dragan A. Savic and Godfrey A. Walters and James W. Davidson",
• title = "A Genetic Programming Approach to Rainfall-Runoff Modelling",
• journal = "Water Resources Management",
• year = "1999",
• volume = "13",
• number = "3",
• pages = "219--231",
• month = jun,
• keywords = "genetic algorithms, genetic programming, Computer simulation, Computer systems programming, Correlation methods, Hydrology, Mathematical models, Neural networks, Rain, Runoff, Strategic planning, Sustainable development, Watersheds, Catchments, Genetic programming, Water resources, artificial neural network, hydrological model, rainfall-runoff modeling, sustainable development, water resource, Artificial neural networks, Identification, Rainfall-runoff modelling",
• publisher = "Kluwer Academic Publishers",
• ISSN = "0920-4741",
• URL = "http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1008132509589",
• DOI = "doi:10.1023/A:1008132509589",
• size = "13 pages",
• abstract = "Planning for sustainable development of water resources relies crucially on the data available. Continuous hydrologic simulation based on conceptual models has proved to be the appropriate tool for studying rainfall-runoff processes and for providing necessary data. In recent years, artificial neural networks have emerged as a novel identification technique for the modelling of hydrological processes. However, they represent their knowledge in terms of a weight matrix that is not accessible to human understanding at present. This paper introduces genetic programming, which is an evolutionary computing method that provides a 'transparent' and structured system identification, to rainfall-runoff modelling. The genetic-programming approach is applied to flow prediction for the Kirkton catchment in Scotland (U.K.). The results obtained are compared to those attained using two optimally calibrated conceptual models and an artificial neural network. Correlations identified using data-driven approaches ( genetic programming and neural network) are surprising in their consistency considering the relative size of the models and the number of variables included. These results also compare favourably with the conceptual models. Planning for sustainable development of water resources relies crucially on the data available. Continuous hydrologic simulation based on conceptual models has proved to be the appropriate tool for studying rainfall-runoff processes and for providing necessary data. In recent years, artificial neural networks have emerged as a novel identification technique for the modelling of hydrological processes. However, they represent their knowledge in terms of a weight matrix that is not accessible to human understanding at present. This paper introduces genetic programming, which is an evolutionary computing method that provides a `transparent' and structured system identification, to rainfall-runoff modelling. The genetic-programming approach is applied to flow prediction for the Kirkton catchment in Scotland (U.K.). The results obtained are compared to those attained using two optimally calibrated conceptual models and an artificial neural network. Correlations identified using data-driven approaches (genetic programming and neural network) are surprising in their consistency considering the relative size of the models and the number of variables included. These results also compare favourably with the conceptual models.",
• affiliation = "Sch. of Eng. and Computer Science, Department of Engineering, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom",
• correspondence_address1 = "Savic, D.A.; School of Eng. and Computer Science, Department of Engineering, University of Exeter, Harrison Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom; email: D.Savic@exeter.ac.uk",
• language = "English",
• document_type = "Article",

}

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