Irrigation Planning and Management Through Optimization Modelling

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Singh, Ajay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Genetic algorithms; Irrigation; Linear programming; Nonlinear programming; Optimization modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; FOOD SUPPLY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBAL POPULATION; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION PLANNING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT MODEL; OPTIMIZATION MODELLING; PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

GENETIC ALGORITHM; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

EID: 84890889946     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0469-y     Document Type: Review

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