Hydrology, Hydraulics and Water Resources Management: A Heuristic Optimization Approach (Wit Transactions on State-Of-The-Art in Science and Engineer)

With the population of our planet exceeding seven billion, funds for infrastructure works being limited worldwide, and climate change affecting water resources, their optimal development and management is literally vital. This volume deals with application of some non-traditional optimization techniques to hydraulics, hydrology and water resources management and aims at helping scientists dealing with these issues to reach the best decisions.