OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF WATER SYSTEMS: STRUCTURES, ALFORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS

1. Introduction 1.1 Presentation of water systems 1.2 Fundamentals of operational control 1.3 Computer applications in the control of water systems References 2 Modelling and simulation 2.1 Models of elements and structure 2.2 Simulation 3 State and parameter estimation 3.1 State estimation 3.2 Parameter estimation 3.3 Joint state and parameter estimation 4 Demand prediction 4.1 Time series analysis 4.2 Exponential smoothing References 5 Mathematical models in operational control problems 5.1 Models of system hydraulics 5.2 Models of system performance 5.3 Models of system operational constraints 5.4 Mathematical models of operational control problems 6 Optimal scheduling of supply systems 6.1 An algorithm for optimal scheduling of a class of cascade systems 6.2 Multi-source and multi-reservoir systems with strong hydraulic couplings 6.3 Systems with weak hydraulic couplings: theory 6.4 Systems with weak hydraulic couplings: case-study 7 Direct application of non-linear programming techniques 7.1 Application of non-linear programming techniques: theory 7.2 Application of non-linear programming techniques: case-study. 8 Optimal scheduling of combined supply and distribution systems 8.1 Time decomposition of the optimal scheduling problem 8.2 Weak coupling case 8.3 Spatial decomposition of the optimal scheduling algorithm 8.4b Application of optimal scheduling to a physical system 9 Application of dynamic programming 9.1 Basic structure and algorithms 9.2 Application to elementary system 9.3 Application of dynamic programming via interaction prediction and reservoir aggregation-disaggregation 10 Operational control of water retention systems 10.1 Models of water retention systems 10.2 Basic optimization problem for water retention systems 10.3 Open-loop and repetitive control strategies 10.4 Feedback decision rules 10.5 Control structures-time hierarchy 10.6 Control structures - spatial hierarchy 10.7 Decomposition and coordination in computations 10.8 Case-study example 10.9 Case-study of combined water retention, supply and distribution systems.

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