• 1 Entropy and Principle of Maximum Entropy.- 2 Methods of Parameter Estimation.- 3 Uniform Distribution.- 4 Exponential Distribution.- 5 Normal Distribution.- 6 Two-Parameter Lognormal Distribution.- 7 Three-Parameter Lognormal Distribution.- 8 Extreme Value Type I Distribution.- 9 Log-Extreme Value Type I Distribution.- 10 Extreme Value Type III Distribution.- 11 Generalized Extreme Value Distribution.- 12 Weibull Distribution.- 13 Gamma Distribution.- 14 Pearson Type III Distribution.- 15 Log-Pearson Type III Distribution.- 16 Beta Distribution.- 17 Two-Parameter Log-Logistic Distribution.- 18 Three-Parameter Log-Logistic Distribution.- 19 Two-Parameter Pareto Distribution.- 20 Two-Parameter Generalized Pareto Distribution.- 21 Three-Parameter Generalized Pareto Distribution.- 22 Two-Component Extreme Value Distribution.

'The author must be congratulated for bringing together such a wealth of information, and for its excellent presentation. The book will become a major reference volume for the parameter estimation of the probability distribution functions applied in water science. It is a welcome contribution to water resources literature and can be nominated as a book of a year in the water science area.' Pure and Applied Geophysics, 158 (2001)