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Alternative methodologies for use in examining the stochastic aspects of environmental modeling are examined. Some of the computational features and assumptions implicit in First-order analysis, Fokker-Planck equations, stochastic calculus and the probability density function/moment method are described.
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McBean, E., Ponnambalam, K., Curi, W. (1998). Stochastic Environmental Modeling. In: Harmancioglu, N.B., Singh, V.P., Alpaslan, M.N. (eds) Environmental Data Management. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9056-3_8
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