?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4506%2F&rft.title=An+Interactive+Multi-Criteria+Decision+Model+for+Reservoir+Management%3A+The+Shellmouth+Reservoir+Case&rft.creator=Agrell%2C+P.J.&rft.creator=Lence%2C+B.J.&rft.creator=Stam%2C+A.&rft.description=Reservoir+management+is+inherently+multi-criterial%2C+since+any+release+decision+involves+implicit+trade-offs+between+various+conflicting+objectives.+The+release+decision+reflects+concerns+such+as+flood+protection%2C+hydroelectric+power+generation%2C+dilution+of+downstream+wastewater+and+heat+effluents%2C+downstream+municipal%2C+agricultural+and+industrial+water+supply%2C+environmental+standards+and+recreational+needs.+This+paper+presents+a+framework+for+analysing+trade-offs+between+several+decision+criteria%2C+and+includes+the+management+of+heated+effluents+from+downstream+thermoelectric+power+generation+in+an+optimisation+model+for+reservoir+management.+The+model+is+formulated+and+analysed+in+an+interactive+multi-criteria+decision+making+(MCDM)+modelling+framework.+Rather+than+providing+specific+target+levels+or+ad+hoc+constants+in+a+Goal+Programming+framework%2C+as+proposed+elsewhere%2C+our+multi-criteria+framework+suggests+a+systematic+way+of+evaluating+trade-offs+by+progressive+preference+assessment.+The+MCDM+model%2C+based+on+a+Tchebycheff+metric+and+a+contracted+cone+approach%2C+is+learning-oriented+and+permits+a+natural+exploration+of+the+decision+space+while+maintaining+non-dominated+decisions.+A+detailed+case+study+of+the+Shellmouth+Reservoir+in+Manitoba%2C+Canada%2C+serves+as+an+illustration+of+the+model.&rft.publisher=WP-95-090&rft.date=1995-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4506%2F1%2FWP-95-090.pdf&rft.identifier=++Agrell%2C+P.J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1112.html%3E%2C+Lence%2C+B.J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1412.html%3E%2C+%26+Stam%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1588.html%3E++(1995).++An+Interactive+Multi-Criteria+Decision+Model+for+Reservoir+Management%3A+The+Shellmouth+Reservoir+Case.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-090+++++