- author = "Vladan Babovic and Michael B. Abbott",
- title = "The evolution of equation from hydraulic data, Part II: Applications",
- journal = "Journal of Hydraulic Research",
- year = "1997",
- volume = "35",
- number = "3",
- pages = "411--430",
- keywords = "genetic algorithms, genetic programming",
-
DOI = "
doi:10.1080/00221689709498421",
- size = "20 pages",
-
abstract = "This second part of the paper
\cite{babovic:1997:eehd1} is given over to describing
four representative applications and to some of the
most immediate lessons that may be drawn from these.
The first of the applications is derived from a
hydrologic model but provides equations with purely
hydraulic interpretations. The second, taken from
sediment transport studies, raises the question of
ambiguity in the identification of 'thresholds' in
physical processes. It also provides a means for
analysing the significance of variables and indicates
the need, or otherwise, for introducing further
variables. A third example, based upon physical
observations of salt water intrusion in estuaries,
introduces the application of the present methods to
accelerating prediction processes, while the fourth
example extends this kind of application to cover
numerically-generated data, in this case appertaining
to the case of flow resistance in the presence of
vegetation.
In conclusion, this work is set within the context of other developments, such as those of data mining and knowledge discovery generally",
