Simulation-optimization approach for trading point and non-point source nutrient permits

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 233-239

  Ranga Prabodanie, R A ^a   Raffensperger, John F ^a   Milke, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Simulation optimization; Trading; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; COMMERCE; COMPUTATION THEORY; COSTS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GEOLOGICAL FACTORS; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT MODELS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; QUALITY CONSTRAINTS; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

LOADING;

EID: 85086249151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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