Young, Peter C2015-12-130043-1397http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72552The paper introduces a logical extension to data-based mechanistic (DBM) modeling, which provides hypothetico-inductive (HI-DBM) bridge between conceptual models, derived in a hypothetico-deductive manner, and the DBM model identified inductively from theKeywords: Diagnostic tests; Distributed models; Effective rainfall; Hydrological system; Mechanistic modeling; State-dependent parameters; Stochastic simulation model; Time-series data; Mathematical models; Water resources; Parameter estimation; conceptual framewor201310.1002/wrcr.200682016-02-24