Comparing software for modelling the management rules that river operators implement

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 3865-3871

  Penton, D J ^a,b   Gilmore, R ^a,b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

IQQM; REALM; Regulated Rivers; River Management; RiverManager; Water Sharing Plans

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; USER INTERFACES; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODEL; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; USABILITY STUDIES; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

RIVERS;

EID: 85086272657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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