Summary on Wind Speed Distribution and its Parameter Estimation

The main objective of this paper is to review some models of medium-and-long-term wind speed distribution in wind farms, for example Gamma distribution, Log-normal distribution, Weibull distribution, Rayleigh distribution and Burr distribution. On the base of the Weibull distribution, some kinds of parameter estimation approaches are introduced. Meanwhile, the advantages and the disadvantages of various algorithms are analyzed and compared. The prospects of this research are put forward at the end of this paper.

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