Cost-effective allocation of watershed management practices using a genetic algorithm

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Arabi, Mazdak ^a   Govindaraju, Rao S ^b   Hantush, Mohamed M ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED MODELS;

WATERSHEDS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WATERSHEDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COST; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845235683     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004931     Document Type: Article

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