Research Article

Parameter Estimation in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling Using Distributed Versions of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Table 6

Parameters of Bilan model for catchment obtained by the best model of each PSO modification. The optimized objective function was NS, and the last column indicates the value of that criterion.

PSO modif. Spa Alf Dgm Soc Mec Grd NS

ConstrFactor 198.7 0.091 1.55 0.352 0.622
LinTimeVarW 199.9 0.559 1.59 0.276 0.644
AdaptW 200.0 0.552 1.59 0.275 0.644
APartW 178.3 0.186 1.33 0.301 0.621