In this paper, an improved Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is proposed for reservoir operation. Through a collection of cooperative agents called ants, the near-optimum solution to the reservoir operation can be e ectively achieved. To apply the proposed ACO algorithm, the problem is approached by considering a nite horizon with a time series of in ow, classifying the reservoir volume t...

Seeking the optimal strategy of a multi-reservoir system is an important approach to develop hydropower energy, in which the Genetic Algorithm (GA) is commonly used as an effective tool. However, when the traditional GA is applied in solving the problem, the constraints of water balance equation, hydraulic continuity relationship and power system load demand might be violated by the crossover a...

For reservoirs with combined storage capacity for flood control and beneficial purposes, there tends to be potential benefit loss when the limited water level is used in medium small floods. How find optimal scheme profit-making pursue optimization of comprehensive benefits has always been a difficult problem multi-objective reservoir operation. Based on principle maximum obtained by product co...

the sefidrud dam was constructed and made operational in iran in 1962. the reservoir lost a considerable amount of its storage capacity in the first two decades of its operation when about 800 mcm sediment deposited in it and by considering the total capacity, 1800 mcm, the live storage capacity was reduced by 45 percent in 1980. the gilan project authorities have attempted to recreate the rese...

The objectives of flood control, power generation, water supply and ecology for reservoir operation are neither completely coordinated nor opposed, its optimal decision-making is very complicated. This study proposed a method multi-objective optimization multi-attribute decision making (MODRO). correlation analysis was used to analyze the competitive relationship among extracted objectives, mod...