Branch-Bound Enumeration for Reservoir Flood Control Plan Selection

Abstract

This thesis documents the development and application of a branch and bound enumeration algorithm for the selection of an optimal flood control plan. An application is presented in which optimal reservoir flood control plans for a three reservoir system are selected. Computer program HEC-5 is used to simulate the reservoir system to determine the modified condition flow-frequency curves, EAD is used to evaluate expected annual damage reductions and the HEC-DSS programs are used to manage the large amounts of data required for the computations. The branch and bound enumeration algorithm provides a systematic evaluation of plans with the HEC programs and expedites identification of the optimal plan by eliminating the need to evaluate all alternative plans. Keywords: Optimization; Planning; Flood control; Plan selection; Systems analysis; Economic analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA223704

Entities

People

  • Teresa H. Bowen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Drainage Basins
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Systems Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computer Science.
  • Operations Research