D2M2 Dredged-Material Disposal Management Model. User's Manual
Abstract
The Dredged-Material Disposal Management Model, D2M2, is a simulation-optimization model designed to provide information required to answer the following disposal management questions: (1) If a specified long-term operation policy is followed for an existing or proposed dredged-material disposal system, what is the final status of the system, given the initial conditions, system physical and economic characteristics, and dredged-material volume estimates? What is the cost of following the operation policy? Must additional disposal-site capacity be provided? (2) What is the least-costly long-term operation policy for an existing or proposed disposal system, given initial conditions, system physical and economic characteristics, and dredged- material volume estimates? (3) What is the least-costly method to provide the additional volume required? Should expired leases be extended or should new sites be acquired? (4) If new sites are to be acquired, what is the least-costly combination of sites? What is the least-costly sequence for acquiring these sites? and (5) Are alternative material-management alternatives, such as transferring material or resting sites, cost effective?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA273527