Stochastic models in water resource engineering utilizing micro-computers

Calibrated Stochastic Dynamic Models For Resource Management

In this paper we develop a positive calibrated approach to stochastic dynamic programming. Risk aversion, discount rate, and intertemporal substitution preferences of the decision-maker are calibrated by a procedure that minimizes the mean squared error from data on past decisions. We apply this framework to managing stochastic water supplies from Oroville Reservoir, located in Northern Califor...

Stochastic Comparison for Resource Sharing Models

the role of computers in civil engineering education

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Copula–entropy theory for multivariate stochastic modeling in water engineering

The copula–entropy theory combines the entropy theory and the copula theory. The entropy theory has been extensively applied to derive the most probable univariate distribution subject to specified constraints by applying the principle of maximum entropy. With the flexibility to model nonlinear dependence structure, parametric copulas (e.g., Archimedean, extreme value, meta-elliptical, etc.) ha...

Engineering with Computers

Abstract In this paper we explain the fractal geometry of refined and derefined triangular and tetrahedral meshes by means of the application of iterated function systems (IFS). These meshes feature a remarkable amplifying invariance under changes of scale. The applications of IFS families are shown equivalent to the use of adaptive strategies that combine the refinement procedure with the dere...