THE WORTH OF DATA IN HYDROLOGIC DESIGN

Reviews of current methodologies for the determination of the worth of hydrologic data indicate that each method has certain shortcomings. The simulation approach requires information concerning the statistical properties of the data that are not usually known. The Bayesian Approach often leads to mathematically intractable relations. The two approaches may be combined by defiing the data worth through simulation under the condition of assumed statistical properties and releasing the conditioning by making use of the prior distributions of the unknown statistics obtained from the Bayesian approach. This combined approach circumvents the problems encountered when either the Bayesian or the simulation approach is used exclusively. An example illustrates the use of the combined approach in evaluation of the worth of flood data in the design of highway crossings.

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• Authors:
  • Moss, M E
  • Dawdy, D R
• Discussers:
  • Wilson, K C
  • Watt, W E
  • Willeke, Gene E
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 46-53
• Monograph Title: Highways and the catastrophic floods of 1972
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 479
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Evaluation; Hydrologic phenomena; Simulation; Statistics
• Old TRIS Terms: Bed formation; Hydrologic data
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159572
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309022657
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM