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Users manual for an expert system (HSPEXP) for calibration of the hydrological simulation program; Fortran

Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4168
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri944168

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Abstract

Expert system software was developed to assist less experienced modelers with calibration of a watershed model and to facilitate the interaction between the modeler and the modeling process not provided by mathematical optimization. A prototype was developed with artificial intelligence software tools, a knowledge engineer, and two domain experts. The manual procedures used by the domain experts were identified and the prototype was then coded by the knowledge engineer. The expert system consists of a set of hierarchical rules designed to guide the calibration of the model through a systematic evaluation of model parameters. When the prototype was completed and tested, it was rewritten for portability and operational use and was named HSPEXP. The watershed model Hydrological Simulation Program--Fortran (HSPF) is used in the expert system. This report is the users manual for HSPEXP and contains a discussion of the concepts and detailed steps and examples for using the software. The system has been tested on watersheds in the States of Washington and Maryland, and the system correctly identified the model parameters to be adjusted and the adjustments led to improved calibration.

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Lumb, A., McCammon, R., Kittle, J., 1994, Users manual for an expert system (HSPEXP) for calibration of the hydrological simulation program; Fortran: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4168, iv, 102 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri944168.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Users manual for an expert system (HSPEXP) for calibration of the hydrological simulation program; Fortran
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 94-4168
DOI 10.3133/wri944168
Year Published 1994
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey ; USGS Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor],
Description iv, 102 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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