Multi-objective analysis of dam release flows in rivers downstream from hydropower reservoirs

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2868-2889

  Cioffi, F ^a   Gallerano, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; Habitat simulation models; Hydropower reservoir; Mathematical models; Multi objective programming techniques; River

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX DOMAINS; CONSTRAINT METHODS; CURVILINEAR MESHES; ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FISH HABITAT; HABITAT SIMULATIONS; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; HYDRAULIC SIMULATION; HYDROPOWER RESERVOIR; HYDROPOWER RESERVOIRS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; NON-ORTHOGONAL; NSGA-II; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; PARETO SET; POWER PRODUCTION; RIVER CURRENT; RIVER-HABITATS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; WEIGHTED USABLE AREA;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 84858334754     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.09.077     Document Type: Article

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