Comparison of info-gap and robust optimisation methods for integrated water resource management under severe uncertainty

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 874-883

  Roach, Tom ^a,b   Kapelan, Zoran ^a   Ledbetter, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change uncertainity; Decision making methods; Info gap decision theory; Robust optimisation; Water resources planning

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DECISION-MAKING METHOD; INFO-GAP DECISION THEORIES; ROBUST OPTIMISATION; UNCERTAINITIES; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84941108466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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