eprintid: 4506 rev_number: 31 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/45/06 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:06:00 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:15:14 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:06:00 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 2 creators_name: Agrell, P.J. creators_name: Lence, B.J. creators_name: Stam, A. creators_id: 7471 creators_id: 1644 creators_id: 1602 title: An Interactive Multi-Criteria Decision Model for Reservoir Management: The Shellmouth Reservoir Case ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_mod internal_subjects: iis_sys internal_subjects: iis_wat divisions: prog_mda divisions: prog_ysp abstract: Reservoir management is inherently multi-criterial, since any release decision involves implicit trade-offs between various conflicting objectives. The release decision reflects concerns such as flood protection, hydroelectric power generation, dilution of downstream wastewater and heat effluents, downstream municipal, agricultural and industrial water supply, environmental standards and recreational needs. This paper presents a framework for analysing trade-offs between several decision criteria, 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, as proposed elsewhere, our multi-criteria framework suggests a systematic way of evaluating trade-offs by progressive preference assessment. The MCDM model, based on a Tchebycheff metric and a contracted cone approach, 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, Canada, serves as an illustration of the model. date: 1995-09 date_type: published publisher: WP-95-090 iiasapubid: WP-95-090 price: 10 creators_browse_id: 1112 creators_browse_id: 1412 creators_browse_id: 1588 full_text_status: public monograph_type: working_paper place_of_pub: IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria pages: 32 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/book citation: Agrell, P.J. , Lence, B.J. , & Stam, A. (1995). An Interactive Multi-Criteria Decision Model for Reservoir Management: The Shellmouth Reservoir Case. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-95-090 document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4506/1/WP-95-090.pdf