Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

7-1-1970

Abstract

The sequencing and scheduling aspects of some important capacity expansion problems encountered in water resources development are studied. Dynamic programming algorithms are developed for both project timing problems and combined project selection and timing problems involving durable high cost water supply projects, which in the aggregate are subject to continuous-time demand requirements. The structure of the problems is successfully exploited in order to produce computationally efficient algorithms to solve problems of the dimension encountered in water resources systems. The computational superiority of these algorithms over conventional dynamic programming algorithms is discussed and illustrated via a numerical example.

Keywords

Operations research, Dynamic programming, Water resources development--Planning, Scheduling, Water-supply--Mathematical models

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 192

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

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