A Nonlinear Interval Model for Water and Waste Load Allocation in River Basins

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2911-2926

  Nikoo, Mohammad Reza ^a   Kerachian, Reza ^a   Karimi, Akbar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nonlinear interval optimization; River basins; Waste load allocation; Water allocation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; AVAILABLE WATER; COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; INTERVAL MODELS; INTERVAL NUMBER; INTERVAL OPTIMIZATION; MODEL INPUTS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SOLUTION CONCEPTS; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS; WASTE LOAD ALLOCATIONS; WASTELOAD; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER DEMAND; WATER USERS;

GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER QUALITY;

WATERSHEDS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER DEMAND; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

DEZ RIVER; IRAN;

EID: 84862590387     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0056-7     Document Type: Article

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