C4: Optimization Methods for Water Resources Management

Lecturer: A. Protopapas .
Academic Credits: 3.

Description:
Advanced theory of mathematical programming and optimal control with applications to the integrated planning and operation of water resources systems. Introduction - Examples of water resources systems. Economic aspects in planning water resources systems. Classical optimization, linear, nonlinear and dynamic programming, linear-quadratic control. Applications to the integrated planning of river basins, irrigation systems and irrigation scheduling, management of quality of surface and subsurface water, etc.