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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 />
(b)<br />
(c)<br />
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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