A Dynamic Programming Approach to a Class of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Problems
| Autor: | John B. Braden, Aziz Bouzaher, Gary V. Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Pollution
Mathematical optimization Watershed Computer science Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Control (management) Drainage basin Management Science and Operations Research Deposition (geology) Nonpoint source pollution media_common Class (computer programming) geography geography.geographical_feature_category Mathematical model business.industry Sediment Dynamic programming Agriculture Soil water Erosion Water quality business Surface water Soil movement pollution watershed agriculture |
| Zdroj: | Management Science. 36:1-15 |
| ISSN: | 1526-5501 0025-1909 |
| DOI: | 10.1287/mnsc.36.1.1 |
| Popis: | This paper presents a new approach to modeling, analyzing, and solving a class of environmental control problems dealing with sediment deposition. An efficient dynamic programming algorithm is designed to handle the spatial characteristics of soil movement through a watershed, and its ultimate impact on water channels and/or reservoirs. The model generates “sediment abatement cost frontiers” which summarize the trade-off information needed for watershed planning and management. This information can also be used to identify and target special-problem areas. The paper presents both results on the efficiency of the DP algorithm compared to other methods, and results on the application of the model to real world cases. |
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