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In the current research, a hybrid model was proposed to solve the complexity of rainfall-runoff models in semi-arid regions. The proposed hybrid model structure consists of linking two data mining models, namely, Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) and Generalized Linear Model (GLM). The proposed hybrid model structure consists of two phases. The GMDH model was used in the first phase of the hybrid model to predict daily streamflow. The first phase consists of two sections. In the first section a predictive model is developed using the time series of the daily streamflow. In the second section the rainfall-runoff model was developed. The outputs of the first phase of the hybrid model are used as inputs to the second phase of the hybrid model. The second phase of the hybrid model was developed using the GLM model. The Gomel River in Iraq was selected as a case study. The daily rainfall data and daily streamflow data for the period from January 1, 2004 to December 19, 2016 were used to train and validate the model. The results proved the accuracy of the proposed hybrid model in estimating the daily streamflow of the study area, where the value of R2 was 0.92 in the training period and 0.88 in the validation period of the model.
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Al-Juboori, A.M. Solving Complex Rainfall-Runoff Processes in Semi-Arid Regions Using Hybrid Heuristic Model. Water Resour Manage 36, 717–728 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-03053-5
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