Multiobjective allocation of transboundary water resources: Case of the euphrates and tigris

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Kucukmehmetoglu, Mehmet ^a   Guldmann, Jean Michel ^b  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic benefits; Multiobjective programming; Pareto frontier; Water resources allocation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EUPHRATES; MULTI-OBJECTIVE ALLOCATION; MULTI-OBJECTIVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; NONDOMINATED SOLUTIONS; PARETO FRONTIER; PARETO FRONTIERS; POLITICAL FACTORS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES;

GROUND VEHICLE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; LINEARIZATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VEHICLE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

LINEAR PROGRAMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING METHOD; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER BASIN; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

EUPHRATES BASIN; IRAQ; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TIGRIS BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 77950998785     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2010)136:1(95)     Document Type: Article

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