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Medium-range flow prediction for the Nile: a comparison of stochastic and deterministic methods / Prévision du débit du Nil à moyen terme: une comparaison de méthodes stochastiques et déterministes

DEMETRIS KOUTSOYIANNIS Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Heroon Polytechneiou 5, GR-157 80, Zographou, Greece E-mail: [email protected]
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HUAMING YAO Georgia Water Resources Institute, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 790 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332-0335, USA
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ARIS GEORGAKAKOS Georgia Water Resources Institute, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 790 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332-0335, USA
Pages 142-164 | Received 28 May 2007, Accepted 23 Nov 2007, Published online: 18 Jan 2010

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