Making the most of data: An information selection and assessment framework to improve water systems operations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 9073-9093

  Giuliani, M ^a   Pianosi, F ^b   Castelletti, A ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

exogenous information; input variable selection; multiobjective optimization; water systems operation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATERWORKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM; EXOGENOUS INFORMATION; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; INFORMATION SELECTION; INPUT VARIABLE SELECTION; QUANTITATIVE METRICS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; WATER SYSTEM;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 84947756297     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017044     Document Type: Article

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