Deep Learning, Epistemic Uncertainties and the Inexact Sciences

Beven, Keith (2026) Deep Learning, Epistemic Uncertainties and the Inexact Sciences. Hydrological Processes, 40 (3): e70489. ISSN 0885-6087

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Abstract

This commentary considers the recent explosion of models based on Deep Learning/Machine Learning methods in hydrological journals and how their application might better contribute to hydrological understanding in the face of epistemic uncertainties in an inexact science.