The optimal extraction of water along an arbitrarily configured river system

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-264

  Coram, Alex ^a,b   Noakes, Lyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control theory; Optimal water usage; Pontryagin; River systems

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 63049108052     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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