How should robustness be defined for water systems planning under change?

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Herman, Jonathan D ^a   Reed, Patrick M ^a   Zeff, Harrison B ^b   Characklis, Gregory W ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; TAXONOMIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

ALTERNATIVE GENERATION; BOTTOM UP APPROACH; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF; PROBLEM FORMULATION; ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS MEASURES; WATER SYSTEMS PLANNING;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DECISION MAKING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939499206     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000509     Document Type: Article

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