Modeling the California State Water Project
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
- Vol. 111 (1), 82-97
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9496(1985)111:1(82)
Abstract
Two disadvantages of optimization models in water resources planning and management are the simplifications often required to construct the model and user reluctance to rely on optimization models alone. Both of these disadvantages may be overcome by combining a simulation model with an optimization model. In this study, a popular multipurpose, multireservoir system simulation model, HEC‐3, developed by the Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) of the Corps of Engineers, is combined with a dynamic programming model. One problem in using discrete differential dynamic programming (DDDP) is determining the initial trajectory. In this project, conventional dynamic programming was used to estimate the initial trajectory, and then a DDDP model was used. Consequently, the optimization model combines conventional dynamic programming and discrete differential dynamic programming to solve the complex problem of operating the California State Water Project's (SWP) Lake Oroville and San Luis Reservoir, given the constr...Keywords
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