Enhancement of the outer approximation method for the solution of concentration-constrained optimal-design groundwater-remediation problems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Papadopoulou, Maria P ^a,b   Pinder, George F ^a   Karatzas, G P ^b  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contamination; Groundwater; Optimization; Outer approximation; Remediation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER QUALITY;

NONCONVEX OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER; OPTIMIZATION; REMEDIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 17144433183     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001541     Document Type: Article

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