Solving water quality management problem through combined genetic algorithm and fuzzy simulation

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-48

  Xu, T Y ^a   Qin, X S ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agricultural system; Effluent control management; Fuzzy chance constrained programming; Genetic algorithm; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; TRADE-OFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84886770363     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201300244     Document Type: Article

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