The value of flexibility to switch between water supply sources

Applied Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 125-128, 2012, Pages 6381-6401

  D'Alpaos, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjunctive use; Operational flexibility; Optimal control; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867317011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1312885X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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