This paper presents details of an open access web site that can be used by hydrologists and
other scientists to evaluate time series models. There is at present a general lack of …

Abstract The Harmony Search (HS) algorithm appeared around the year 2000 and it now
has a substantial literature. The aim of this chapter is to inform the reader of the diversity of …

A dissipative particle swarm optimization is developed according to the self-organization of
dissipative structure. The negative entropy is introduced to construct an opening dissipative …

The optimal design of water distribution networks is a non-linear, multi-modal, and
constrained problem classified as an NP-hard combinatorial problem. Because of the …

This paper presents a strategy for diagnosing and interpreting hydrological nonstationarity,
aiming to improve hydrological models and their predictive ability under changing …

A reliable understanding of propagation from meteorological to hydrological drought is
necessary for accurate forecasting of hydrological droughts. Our current understanding of …

Harmony Search (HS), a meta-heuristic algorithm, conceptualizes a musical process of
searching for a perfect state of harmony (optimal solution). It allows a random search without …

The transferability of conceptual hydrologic models in time is often limited by both their
structural deficiencies and adopted parameterizations. Adopting a stationary set of model …

A music phenomenon-inspired algorithm, harmony search was further developed by
considering ensemble among music players. The harmony search algorithm conceptualizes …

One model structural deficiency is that some dynamic characteristics (such as seasonal
dynamics) in catchment conditions are not explicitly represented by hydrological models …