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Model for the optimal planning of structural flood control systems
Author(s) -
Windsor James S.
Publication year - 1981
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/wr017i002p00289
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , planner , mathematical optimization , computer science , selection (genetic algorithm) , flood control , function (biology) , flood myth , integer programming , control (management) , optimal design , optimal control , mathematics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , statistics , theology , evolutionary biology , machine learning , biology
A mixed integer programing approach is described in this paper for the planning and design of composite multiunit flood control systems. The model is intended to be a preliminary selection device permitting the planner to compare alternative configurations and determine roughly the optimal solution to a given flood control problem. Such a solution may then be used to establish the guidelines and specifications for the design of the individual components. The flexibility of the method enables a large number of alternatives to be considered simultaneously, even though they may be at different stages of planning. It also recognizes that optimal operation is a function of system design.