Construction of the utility function using a non-linear best fit optimisation approach

MODSIM07 - Land, Water and Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1047-1053

  Eberhard, A ^a   Schreider, S ^a   Stojkov, L ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic modelling; General equilibrium; Optimisation; Utility function

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTRAINT; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAM WITH EQUILIBRIUM CONSTRAINTS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURES; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 80052940330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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