Accurate estimation of the dam reservoir level in a dam reservoir is very important for the planning and operation of water structures. In this study, monthly dam reservoir level data between 1989 and 2020 obtained from the State Hydraulic Works (DSI) was used to estimate the monthly dam reservoir level change. For the monthly dam reservoir level estimation, it has been tried to be estimated using the Simple Membership Functionsand Fuzzy Rules Generation Technique (Fuzzy-SMRGT), Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and the classical Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) methods. Alibey Dam located in Sultangazi district of Istanbul was chosen as the study area. The monthly evaporation, water entering into the lake, consumption of drinking water and amount of water discharged from the dam amounts were used to estimate the monthly Alibey Dam reservoir average dam reservoir level. The model results were compared with the actual observation dam reservoir levels. When the results were evaluated, it was observed that the models were successful in estimating the dam reservoir level and gave results close to each other
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