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Model for estimating regional water needs
Author(s) -
Schaake John C.,
Major David C.
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/wr008i003p00755
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , per capita , population , computer science , estimator , product (mathematics) , data collection , econometrics , operations research , data mining , statistics , engineering , mathematics , demography , geometry , artificial intelligence , sociology
A model for estimating water flow requirements by geographic area, economic sector, and water quality type has been constructed and implemented for the North Atlantic regional ( NAR ) water resources study. The estimates are produced by rules that operate on the basic input assumptions regarding the future regional product, the per capita income, the population, the distribution of economic activity, the use of water, and technology. The collection of rules includes an economic input–output model, a regression estimator for publicly supplied municipal and industrial water use, and a variety of arithmetic operations. These rules are imbedded in an information system that accepts input information in a problem‐oriented format and provides output information as selected by the user in an annotated form suitable for use in final reports. The information system provides options for editing data, storing and retrieving data sets, and comparing input and output information for any two runs.