Multiple criteria dynamic spatial optimization to manage water quality on a watershed scale

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-299

  Randhir, T O ^a   Lee, J G ^b   Engel, B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASAE ^*

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Economic and water quality modeling; Multiple criteria decision making; Nonpoint source pollution; Spatial optimization; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL SIMULATION; DYNAMIC SPATIAL OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WATERSHEDS;

WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0034163585     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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