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Entropy was employed to investigate probability distribution functions and estimation of their parameters. Two curve-fitting methods, one of which is based on entropy, were compared using Monte Carlo simulation. A procedure to compare different distributions using entropy was suggested.
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Li, Y., Singh, V.P., Cong, S. (1987). Entropy and Probability Distributions. In: Singh, V.P. (eds) Hydrologic Frequency Modeling. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3953-0_26
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