An opportunity loss model for estimating the value of streamflow data for reservoir planning

Water Resources Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-79

  Adeloye, Adebayo J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity reliability yield analysis; Expected opportunity loss; Opportunity loss; Present value; Reservoir planning and design; Streamflow gauging networks; Uncertainty; Value of data

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMICS; MODELLING APPROACH; OPPORTUNITY LOSS; OPPORTUNITY LOSS MODEL; RESERVOIR PLANNING; STREAMFLOW DATA;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS;

CAPACITY RELIABILITY YIELD ANALYSIS; OPPORTUNITY LOSS MODEL; RESERVOIR PLANNING; STREAMFLOW DATA; STREAMFLOW GAUGING NETWORKS; UNCERTAINTY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 0029667360     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00698811     Document Type: Article

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