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Real‐Time Water Allocation for Irrigation
Author(s) -
HANNAN T. C.,
COALS V. A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1995.tb00922.x
Subject(s) - irrigation , irrigation management , water resource management , yield (engineering) , linear programming , water conservation , environmental science , water resources , deficit irrigation , agricultural engineering , water use , optimal allocation , computer science , engineering , mathematics , mathematical optimization , agronomy , ecology , materials science , algorithm , metallurgy , biology
Throughout the world the importance of water management is becoming more important as the demand for water increases. As one of the major uses of water, irrigation could benefit from improved management practices. The establishment of a Water Operations Centre in Indonesia has seen the development of a real‐time water‐allocation model for a complex irrigation system covering 60 000 ha. The model uses linear programming (an optimization technique) to determine the best way in which to allocate limited water supplies while keeping crop yield losses to a minimum.