The study of water resource systems incorporates elements of hydrology, economics, and policy issues. (Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Dennis McLaughlin
MIT Course Number
1.731
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
This course features information about the GAMS and MATLAB® software packages in the tools section.
Course Description
This subject is concerned with quantitative methods for analyzing large-scale water resource problems. Topics covered include the design and management of facilities for river basin development, flood control, water supply, groundwater remediation, and other activities related to water resources. Simulation models and optimization methods are often used to support analyses of water resource problems. In this subject we will be constructing simulation models with the MATLAB® programming language and solving numerical optimization problems with the GAMS optimization package.