More efficient optimization of long-term water supply portfolios

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kirsch, Brian R ^a   Characklis, Gregory W ^a   Dillard, Karen E M ^b   Kelley, C T ^c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; COMPUTATIONAL BURDENS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORTS; COMPUTING TIME; CONTROL VARIATES; DECISION RULES; DEMAND GROWTHS; EFFICIENCY GAINS; EXPECTED VALUES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HYDROLOGIC-ECONOMIC MODELS; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; LOW AMPLITUDES; MINIMUM COSTS; MODEL OUTPUTS; OPTIMAL PORTFOLIOS; OPTIMIZED SOLUTIONS; OPTION CONTRACTS; RANDOM VARIATIONS; RESERVOIR INFLOWS; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; STOCHASTIC INPUTS; VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

COMPETITION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFLOW; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 65349192902     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007018     Document Type: Article

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