Optimal Water Allocation under Short-Run Water Scarcity in the South Saskatchewan River Basin

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-100

  Cutlac, Ioan Marius ^a   Horbulyk, Theodore M ^b  

^a ALBERTA INNOVATES TECHNOLOGY FUTURES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquarius model; Decision support system; Economics; Optimization; South Saskatchewan River Basin; Water allocation

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; AQUARIUS; AQUARIUS MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DECISION SUPPORTS; DEMAND AND SUPPLY; ECONOMIC VALUES; ECONOMIC WELFARE; GROWING DEMAND; MODELING SOFTWARES; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; RIVER BASINS; SASKATCHEWAN; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER DEMAND; WATER SCARCITY; WATER USE; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER BASIN; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN RIVER;

EID: 78650259091     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000092     Document Type: Article

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