An improved model based on the support vector machine and cuckoo algorithm for simulating reference evapotranspiration

• Mohammad Ehteram,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Water Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

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• Vijay P. Singh,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Ahmad Ferdowsi,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Water Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

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• Sayed Farhad Mousavi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Water Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

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• Saeed Farzin,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Water Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

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• Hojat Karami,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Water Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

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• Nuruol Syuhadaa Mohd,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Haitham Abdulmohsin Afan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Sai Hin Lai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Ozgur Kisi,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

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• M. A. Malek,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Sustainable Energy (ISE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Selangor, Malaysia

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• Ali Najah Ahmed,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Selangor, Malaysia

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• Ahmed El-Shafie

  Roles Supervision

  * E-mail: elshafie@um.edu.my

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5018-8505

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