HSK 501 - Water Resources Systems

Course Objectives

1.Examination of Water resources development within the framework of systems analysis methods
2.Cost-benefit analysis of water resources projects
3.Identification and implementation of System analysis methods on various issues
4.Risk analysis of water resources projects

Course Description

Water Resources and Systems Analysis. Determination of Objectives. Benefit-Cost Analysis. Optimization. Production Function, Optimization Constraints. Classical Optimization Methods. Linear Programming. Dynamic Programming. Simulation, Multiple –Objective Optimization. Effects of Uncertainties. Decision Theory. Benefit –Cost Analysis in Flood Control Projects. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Hydropower Projects.