Assessment of the Entropy Principle as Applied to Water Quality Monitoring Network Design

Abstract

With respect to design of water quality monitoring networks, the entropy principle can be effectively used to develop design criteria on the basis of quantitatively expressed information expectations and information availability. Investigations on the application of the entropy method in monitoring network design have revealed promising results, particularly in the selection of technical design features such as monitoring sites, time frequencies, variables to be sampled, and sampling duration. Yet, there are still certain problems that need to be overcome so that the method can gain wide acceptance among practitioners. The presented study discusses the advantages as well as the limitations of the entropy method as applied to the design of water quality monitoring networks.KeywordsNetwork DesignTemporal FrequencyWater Quality MonitoringEntropy MethodEntropy MeasureThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.