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WATER QUALITY MODELING BY MONTE CARLO SIMULATION 1
Author(s) -
Brutsaert Willem F.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1975.tb00675.x
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , statistical physics , probability distribution , quality (philosophy) , probability density function , water quality , simple (philosophy) , computer science , statistics , mathematics , physics , biology , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics
The applicability of the Monte Carlo simulation technique to water quality modeling is demonstrated with the aid of a simple Streeter‐Phelps model. The model accounts for the stochasticity of the input parameters. Triangular probability density functions are shown to be useful in case insufficient information is available to define meaningful frequency distributions of input parameters. The model output is presented as probability distributions of stream quality parameters.