| Autor: |
J. Philip O'Kane, Michael B Abbott, Arthur E. Mynett |
| Rok vydání: |
2005 |
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| Zdroj: |
Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences |
| DOI: |
10.1002/0470848944.hsa013 |
| Popis: |
Hydroinformatics is concerned with the application of information and communication technologies for the planning, management, and conservation of the aquatic environment. With the rapidly increasing capabilities of computer-based systems, considerable advances were made during the past decade or more. Some historic developments are outlined in this article and the development of hydroinformatics as a sociotechnology is explained. The transition from computation to communication is illustrated by examples from present day flood simulation and flood early warning systems; emerging applications of data-mining and evolutionary computing are demonstrated for the fields of ecohydraulics and ecohydrology. The impact of hydroinformatics on the future role of hydrology in a multiuser environment is discussed. The contours of a next (fifth) generation software systems making use of agent-based communication over a network of computers and developers are outlined. The scope and content of all subsequent articles within this chapter are presented; these can be broadly grouped into areas of (i) physics-based numerical modeling; (ii) data-driven modeling and evolutionary computing; and (iii) design and decision support systems. Keywords: hydroinformatics; computer-based modelling; flood early warning systems; data-mining; evolutionary computing; agent-based software development |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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