Stochastic Hydrology and its Use in Water Resources Systems Simulation and Optimization
Stochastic Hydrology and its Use in Water Resources Systems Simulation and Optimization

Author: J.B. Marco

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 9401116970

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Stochastic hydrology is an essential base of water resources systems analysis, due to the inherent randomness of the input, and consequently of the results. These results have to be incorporated in a decision-making process regarding the planning and management of water systems. It is through this application that stochastic hydrology finds its true meaning, otherwise it becomes merely an academic exercise. A set of well known specialists from both stochastic hydrology and water resources systems present a synthesis of the actual knowledge currently used in real-world planning and management. The book is intended for both practitioners and researchers who are willing to apply advanced approaches for incorporating hydrological randomness and uncertainty into the simulation and optimization of water resources systems. (abstract) Stochastic hydrology is a basic tool for water resources systems analysis, due to inherent randomness of the hydrologic cycle. This book contains actual techniques in use for water resources planning and management, incorporating randomness into the decision making process. Optimization and simulation, the classical systems-analysis technologies, are revisited under up-to-date statistical hydrology findings backed by real world applications.

Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Civil and Structural Engineering
Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Civil and Structural Engineering

Author: B.H. Topping

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 9401724903

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This volume and its companion volume includes the edited versions of the principal lectures and selected papers presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Optimization and Decision Support Systems in Civil Engineering. The Institute was held in the Department of Civil Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh from June 25th to July 6th 1989 and was attended by eighty participants from Universities and Research Institutes around the world. A number of practising civil and structural engineers also attended. The lectures and papers have been divided into two volumes to reflect the dual themes of the Institute namely Optimization and Decision Support Systems in Civil Engineering. Planning for this ASI commenced in late 1986 when Andrew Templeman and I discussed developments in the use of the systems approach in civil engineering. A little later it became clear that much of this approach could be realised through the use of knowledge-based systems and artificial intelligence techniques. Both Don Grierson and John Gero indicated at an early stage how important it would be to include knowledge-based systems within the scope of the Institute. The title of the Institute could have been: 'Civil Engineering Systems' as this would have reflected the range of systems applications to civil engineering problems considered by the Institute. These volumes therefore reflect the full range of these problems including: structural analysis and design; water resources engineering; geotechnical engineering; transportation and environmental engineering.

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hydroinformatics

Author: Shie-Yui Liong

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 2073

ISBN-13: 9812387870

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Hydroinformatics addresses cross-disciplinary issues ranging from technological and sociological to more general environmental concerns, including an ethical perspective. It covers the application of information technology in the widest sense to problems of the aquatic environment.This two-volume publication contains about 250 high quality papers contributed by authors from over 50 countries. The proceedings present many exciting new findings in the emerging subjects, as well as their applications, such as: data mining, data assimilation, artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms and genetic programming, chaos theory and support vector machines, geographic information systems and virtual imaging, decision support and management systems, Internet-based technologies.This book provides an excellent reference to researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and all those interested in the field of hydroinformatics.

Real-time Operation of Reservoir Systems, Information Uncertainty, System Representation and Computational Intractability
Real-time Operation of Reservoir Systems, Information Uncertainty, System Representation and Computational Intractability

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Published: 2000

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Modeling real-time reservoir operations and developing optimal rules are formidable tasks considering a number of issues that need to be addressed within optimization and simulation models. The issues range from uncertain system inputs to implementation of operating rules in real-time. This dissertation addresses some of these issues that are relevant at different stages of real-time reservoir operation process. These issues are: (i) information uncertainty; (ii) system representation; and (iii) computational intractability. Realtime operation models are developed in the present research for single and multiple reservoir systems while addressing these issues in that order. Uncertainty generally associated with system variables in a variety of forms is a main hurdle in developing a proaches for optimizing reservoir operations. Explicit and implicit stochastic approaches based on traditional probability theory concepts cannot always handle all the uncertain elements of reservoir operation. Approaches to handle imprecise information are required as much as methodologies to address the issue of lack of information. The former issue described as information uncertainty in this thesis is addressed using fuzzy set theory. Mathematical programming models are developed under fuzzy environment to handle imprecise and uncertain components of reservoir operation problem dominated by an economic objective. The concept of 'compromise operating polices' is proposed and its utility is proved. Representation of physical system in mathematical programming formulations affects the extent to which the physics of the problem is captured and nature of the solutions that can be obtained. Tradeoffs between exhaustive representation and optimal solutions can be identified. Operation of a multiple reservoir system is considered to develop formulations of varying degree of system representation. A Mixed Integer Non-Linear Programming (MINLP) Model with binary variables is developed to a speci.

Hydroinformatics, Proceedings Of The 6th International Conference (In 2 Volumes, With Cd-rom)
Hydroinformatics, Proceedings Of The 6th International Conference (In 2 Volumes, With Cd-rom)

Author: Shie-yui Liong

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004-06-18

Total Pages: 2073

ISBN-13: 9814483028

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Hydroinformatics addresses cross-disciplinary issues ranging from technological and sociological to more general environmental concerns, including an ethical perspective. It covers the application of information technology in the widest sense to problems of the aquatic environment.This two-volume publication contains about 250 high quality papers contributed by authors from over 50 countries. The proceedings present many exciting new findings in the emerging subjects, as well as their applications, such as: data mining, data assimilation, artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms and genetic programming, chaos theory and support vector machines, geographic information systems and virtual imaging, decision support and management systems, Internet-based technologies.This book provides an excellent reference to researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and all those interested in the field of hydroinformatics.