Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Optimization techniques commonly used in water resources planning & management, water infrastructures, and irrigation and hydropower projects; Linear programming and duality, Network flow algorithms, Dynamic programming, Nonlinear programming, Geometric and Goal programming, Introduction to modern heuristic methods like genetic algorithm and simulated annealing, Multiobjective optimization, Applications and case studies in water resources, agriculture, environment and other areas of science & engineering.