Stochastic programming methods in systems engineering

N. T. Kottegoda
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N. T. Kottegoda: University of Birmingham, Department of Civil Engineering

Chapter 8 in Stochastic Water Resources Technology, 1980, pp 294-345 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The application of optimisation and decision theory in water resource engineering is evidenced by a proliferation of research activities during the past two decades. Originally, such methods were based on a deterministic approach, on the assumption that system inputs are known or could be replaced by their mean values. In recent times, however, the scope and diversity of planning and design has increased. Therefore, the need has arisen for a more flexible methodology, one that can cope, in some practical way, with incomplete information and uncertainty beyond the mean and variance. Nowhere is this more appropriate than in hydrological situations where nature appears to behave in an unpredictable manner.

Keywords: Water Resource; Dynamic Programming; Water Resource System; Reservoir State; Geometric Programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03467-3_8

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