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Reliability constrained reservoir control problems: 2. Randomized strategies
Author(s) -
Sniedovich Moshe,
Nielsen Peter A.
Publication year - 1983
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/wr019i006p01622
Subject(s) - heuristics , reliability (semiconductor) , context (archaeology) , probabilistic logic , computer science , control (management) , water resources , mathematical optimization , operations research , risk analysis (engineering) , mathematics , artificial intelligence , business , geography , ecology , power (physics) , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology
The potential use of randomized strategies in water resources planning is critically examined and difficulties related to the implementation of such strategies are discussed. The overall conclusion is that it does not appear likely that water resources planners will accept these types of strategies because of the frequency‐based approach to probability which is commonly used to interpret probabilistic constructs in the water resources context. On the other hand, it is possible to use randomized strategies to obtain upper bounds for heuristics designed to generate pure strategies.