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A oodetling package lras developeat prlot to the ,olkshop, to enabie a<br />

variety of nodelling aa6ignnents to be perfonned uslng the above data<br />

baae.. Incol?otaled 1n tlis package rere the bodets c;irertJ.y be1n9<br />

used by the different palticlpants 1n thetr various projec!5: Ihe<br />

package operates ln three baslc @des whlch ale sllluiation, optlDasa!.ron<br />

anCl_error napplng (error reaponse sulfaces nay be obtained for<br />

orrfelent pairs of Dodel parrm€tels) . A fulter description of the<br />

package ia given in Appendix B, anil the package conpon;nts wllt becone<br />

cloarer as thls i€port progresses,<br />

oP?fMrzArroN<br />

tdeally, mathenatical roodels fo! rainfall-lunoff behaviour should only<br />

have paranetels *hich have Clirect physical significance and which are<br />

rneasurdble, for then the values of the paraneters can be derernined fron<br />

the physical characteristics of the catchrnent. llany nodels, hovever,<br />

have one or nore paraheters l,rhlch a!€ conceptual in nature (ie they<br />

do not hav€ direc! physlcal lapr€sentation and cannot be measured).<br />

Modelg with such conceplua1 paraneters are only useful fo! design if<br />

the paraneter value6 can be relaeed to physical characteristlcs. To<br />

achieve thls the best value of each corc€ptual paraeet€r for a rurrber<br />

of catchnents and evelrls lduBt be deterDineil, a nunbe! of such values<br />

perlrlts the deternlnatlon of relatlonshlps with catchnent characteris-<br />

The 'bestr value of a nodel parameter ts that rhich proahces the closest<br />

aqteenent t suirject ro sone chosen crtlerior/ between observed ani<br />

eoatelled output. the !rla1 and e!ro! procedure used to find t}le best<br />

value is call€d optlnizatlon. Ttrere are chree separate factors !,,hich<br />

tDust be considered,<br />

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3.<br />

the opttolzatlon Eethod itself, ie the way in $rhich para"neter<br />

values are valied systebatically in t}le search for the best<br />

tie way 1n vrhtch the optihization method ls applied, that<br />

is whetfie! to optj.Bize on indlvidual events or on groups<br />

t}le objectlve functlon, or neasule of goodness-of-fit, by<br />

rrhlch the roodel perfolnance is Judged.<br />

3.1 optlnizatlon method<br />

Many opti$1zatlon nethodE are availabJ"e, rangtng fron sjnple univartate<br />

scheDes, ln {hich one paramete:a value is varled a! a tlner to roultivaliate<br />

scheres ln !,,hich aII paraheters ale volieil together ln a way<br />

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