Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper presents a numerical test problem that was used as the basis for ranking the river basin management models that participated in a tender for a World Bank-funded project in India. The problem is deterministic, and it involves a set of constraints and management objectives that were of interest to the Narmada Control Authority. The test problem had five reservoirs, seven off-stream and four on-stream water demands, steady-state inflows based on a 10-daily time step over a period of nine years, and relatively simple reservoir operating rules. The paper describes the problem and discusses the solutions that were obtained from various vendors. The principal finding is that simulation models should not be used to solve optimization problems. The paper also highlights the importance of establishing benchmarks as an important tool for model evaluation. Input data and the current benchmark solution are available for download.
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