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Papadopoulou, M.P., Pinder, G.F. and Karatzas, G.P. (2003). Enhancement of the outer approximation method for the solution of concentration-constrained optimal-design groundwater-remediation problems. Water Resources Research 39: doi: 10.1029/2002WR001541. issn: 0043-1397. |
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Nonlinearity and nonconvexity are two major characteristics of groundwater quality management models. The classical solutions of such problems require enormous computational effort without ensuring a global optimum. To circumvent this problem, the outer approximation method, a global optimization technique, was introduced to solve groundwater quality management problems characterized by a nonconvex objective function with minima at the boundary of the feasible region and constraints that have convex or nonconvex behavior. In this paper, a more sophisticated and computationally efficient approach for the case of the nonconvex constraints is presented. To illustrate the efficacy and efficiency of this new approach, a hypothetical and a field-scale problem are considered. |
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Keywords
Hydrology, Groundwater hydrology, Hydrology, Groundwater quality, Hydrology, Groundwater transport, Policy Sciences, System operation and management, Policy Sciences, Benefit-cost analysis |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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