Optimal operation of flood control systems

Feng, Ching-Ju; Morin, Thomas L.

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Description

Title

Optimal operation of flood control systems

Author(s)

• Feng, Ching-Ju
• Morin, Thomas L.

Contributor(s)

Northwestern University

Issue Date

1977-03

Keyword(s)

• Water resources development
• Water resources development--Illinois
• Water management
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Flood control
• Reservoirs
• Dynamic programming
• Operation
• Water resource system

Geographic Coverage

Illinois (state)

Abstract

The management and control of multiple-reservoir flood control systems is studied. Our objective is to devise operating policies which minimize flood damages as determined by the flood peaks. Methodologies are presented that employ dynamic programming and stochastic dynamic programming for the optimal operation of multiple-reservoir flood control systems with deterministic and stochastic inflows, respectively. The methodologies are applied to a number of real-world problems involving river basins in Illinois and elsewhere. We then study the effects of parametrically varying a number of the input parameters. A Markov renewal flood synthesis model and a methodology for determining the optimal capacity of a new flood control reservoir are also presented.

Publisher

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Water Resources Center

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90327

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

• U.S. Geological Survey
• U.S. Department of the Interior

Copyright and License Information

Copyright 1977 held by Ching-Ju Feng, Thomas L. Morin

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