>Magister Scientiae - MSc / This study sought to identify and fit the appropriate extreme value distribution to
flood data, using the method of maximum likelihood. To examine the uncertainty of
the estimated parameters and evaluate the goodness of fit of the model identified. The
study revealed that the three parameter Weibull and the generalised extreme value
(GEV) distributions fit the data very well. Standard errors for the estimated
parameters were calculated from the empirical information matrix. An upper limit to
the flood levels followed from the fitted distribution.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/8806 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Kamwi, Innocent Silibelo |
| Contributors | Koen, Chris, Blignaut, Renette J |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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