Good quality surface water and groundwater resources are limited furthermore they are shrinking because of the urbanization, contamination, and climate change impacts. In this backdrop, the proper allocation and management of these resources is a critical challenge for satisfying the rising...

Use of structural measures for controlling a river to minimize its devastating effect and to utilize it for the benefit of mankind is a common practice all over the world. Because of high investment, such measures require prior investigation through model study. As lab based physical model study...

Abstract This article presents a novel combination of robust optimization developed in mathematical programming, and robust parameter design developed in statistical quality control. Robust parameter design uses metamodels estimated from experiments with both controllable and environmental...