Application of Harmony Search to Design Storm Estimation from Probability Distribution Models

Table 2

Target values for the parameters of employed PDMs and estimated parameters by the GA and HS.

Distribution	Parameters	Value
		Target	GA	HS
LN2	Location	4.7	4.60~4.81* (4.70)**	4.60~4.81 (4.70)
	Scale	0.4	0.32~0.50 (0.40)	0.32~0.50 (0.40)
GAM2	Shape	7	4.15~11.38 (7.17)	4.03~11.38 (7.16)
	Scale	17	10.29~30.49 (17.16)	10.29~31.27 (17.18)
GUM	Location	140	125.08~147.08 (136.93)	125.06~147.04 (136.93)
	Scale	30	24.18~37.73 (29.92)	24.16~37.80 (29.92)

∗The values are presented in the range of min to max.
**() shows mean of values.