<Para ID="Par1">Optimal design of irrigation and water supply reservoirs under reliability constraints may be categorized as large combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, the reliability based optimum design of a single water supply reservoir is formulated as a mixed integer programming and a hybrid...</para>

A methodology to incorporate long-term goals within the short-term reservoir operation optimization model is proposed. Two conflicting objectives for the management of hydropower generation in two different power plants are incorporated. A chance-constrained optimization model is used to derive...

Optimum reservoir operation is a challenging problem in water resources systems. In this paper, Intelligent Water Drops (IWD) algorithm is applied in a reservoir operation problem. IWD is a population based algorithm and is initially proposed for solving combinatorial problems. The algorithm...

This technical note is divided into two parts. The first one investigates the necessity to explicitly incorporate spills into reservoir optimization models based on linear or nonlinear programming and presents a scheme to accomplish this task. The second part shows how reservoir optimization...

The objective of this paper is to present an optimal model to address the water resources utilization of the Tao River basin in China. The Tao River water diversion project has been proposed to alleviate the problem of water shortages in Gansu Province in China. A multi reservoir system is under...

The aim of this paper is to develop a methodology based on coupled simulation-optimization approach for determining filling rules for the proposed Mandaya Reservoir in Ethiopia with minimum impact on hydropower generation downstream at Roseires Reservoir in Sudan, and ensuring power generation...

The aim of this study is to determine whether dam reoperation (the adjustment of reservoir operating rules) is an effective adaptation strategy to reduce the potential impacts of climate change and regional socio-economic developments. The Xinanjiang-Fuchunjiang reservoir cascade, located in...

Multiple studies have developed management models to identify optimal operating policies for reservoirs in the last four decades. In an uncertain environment, in which climatic factors such as stream flow are stochastic, the economic returns from reservoir releases that are based on policy are...

A decision support model (DSM) has been developed using the artificial neural networks (ANN) for optimal operation of a reservoir in south India. The DSM developed is a combination of a rule based expert system and ANN models, which are trained using the results from deterministic single...

Water allocation in a competing environment is a major social and economic challenge especially in water stressed semi-arid regions. In developing countries the end users are represented by the water sectors in most parts and conflict over water is resolved at the agency level. In this paper,...