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Assessment Of The Impact Of Climate Variability And Change On The Reliability, Resiliency And Vulnerability Of Complex Flood Protection Systems, Slobodan P. Simonovic

Water Resources Research Report

An original modeling framework (DYHAM) for assessment of climate variation and change impacts on the performance of complex flood protection system has been developed and tested using the Red River basin (Manitoba) as a case study. Modeling framework allows for evaluation of different climate change scenarios generated by the global climate models. Temperature and precipitation are used as the main factors affecting flood flow generation. System dynamics modeling approach proved to be of great value in the development of system performance assessment model.

The most important impact of climate variability and change on hydrologic processes is reflected in the change …

Fuzzy Set Ranking Methods And Multiple Expert Decision Making, Predrag Prodanovic

Water Resources Research Report

The present report further investigates the multi-criteria decision making tool named Fuzzy Compromise Programming. Comparison of different fuzzy set ranking methods (required for processing fuzzy information) is performed. A complete sensitivity analysis concerning decision maker’s risk preferences was carried out for three water resources systems, and compromise solutions identified. Then, a weights sensitivity analysis was performed on one of the three systems to see whether the rankings would change in response to changing weights. It was found that this particular system was robust to the changes in weights.

An inquiry was made into the possibility of modifying Fuzzy Compromise Programming …