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Algebraic technological function from a simulation model
Author(s) -
Maddock Thomas
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr008i001p00129
Subject(s) - drawdown (hydrology) , groundwater , algebraic function , function (biology) , mathematics , groundwater model , algebraic equation , algebraic number , quadratic equation , coupling (piping) , partial differential equation , mathematical optimization , computer science , hydrology (agriculture) , aquifer , groundwater flow , geotechnical engineering , engineering , mathematical analysis , nonlinear system , physics , geometry , evolutionary biology , biology , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics
Distributed parameter groundwater simulation models are difficult to couple explicitly with management models that seek to optimize an economic objective. For a groundwater system whose drawdown in response to pumping was modeled by a two‐dimensional linear partial differential equation, an algebraic technological function was produced that related seasonal pumping at wells in the system to drawdown at those wells. The algebraic technological function allowed an explicit coupling of the groundwater model with a quadratic programing management model.