Water Resource Systems

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Introduction, Optimization Concepts
1	Introduction Example: Irrigation and Salination
2	Linear Algebra Review	Student survey due
3	General Optimization Concepts
4	General Optimization Concepts (cont.)	Problem set 1 due
5	Optimality Conditions
6	Optimality Conditions (cont.)	Problem set 2 due
Optimization Methods
7	Linear Programming Overview
8	Duality, Linear Programming Solution Strategies
9	Linear Programming Sensitivity Analysis	Problem set 3 due
10	Quadratic Programming
11	Differential Constraints	Problem set 4 due
12	Nonlinear Programming Algorithms
13	Nonlinear Programming Algorithms (cont.)
Economic Aspects
14	Optimization over Time, Discounting
15	Multiobjective Optimization, Utility, Risk Aversion
16	Supply and Demand, Groundwater Management	Team project proposal due
Water Resource Applications/Case Studies
17	River Basin Planning - Screening
18	River Basin Planning - Simulation
19	Real-time Optimization, Dynamic Programming
20	Real-time Optimization, Dynamic Programming (cont.)
21	Capacity Expansion
22	Common Pool Problems
23	Variational and Adjoint Methods, Data Assimilation
24	Review
25	Project Presentations
26	Project Presentations (cont.)	Final team report due