Design and Operation of Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems
Published on 15. August 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
752 pages
978-0-471-12816-8 (ISBN)
Description
The tools of operations research (OR)--optimization, simulation, game theory, and others--are increasingly applied to the entire range of problems encountered by civil and environmental engineers. In this groundbreaking text/reference, the world's leading experts describe sophisticated OR opplications across the spectrum of environmental and civil engineering specialties, addressing problems encountered in both operation and design.
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Product info
Paperback
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
1150 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-12816-8 (9780471128168)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
CHARLES ReVELLE, PhD, is founder of and Professor in the Program in Systems Analysis and Economics for Public Decision Making at The Johns Hopkins University.
ARTHUR E. McGARITY, PhD, is Professor of Engineering at Swarthmore College, where he has taught environmental engineering courses since 1978.
Content
Water Resources: Surface Water Systems (C. ReVelle).
Water Quality Management (A. McGarity).
Groundwater Systems (W. Yeh & Y.-H.
Sun).
Air Quality Management (J. Ellis).
Solid Waste Management (J. Liebman).
Hazardous Waste Management (M. Turnquist & L. Nozick).
Urban Transportation (D. Boyce & M. Daskin).
Planning Models for Freight Transportation (T. Crainic & G. Laporte).
Public Transport Operations Planning (A. Ceder & N. Wilson).
Airlines Operations Research (C. Barnhart & K. Talluri).
Environmental Planning for Electric Utilities (B. Hobbs).
Multiobjective Methods (J. Cohon & K. Rothley).
Cost Allocation in Water Resources (J. Heaney).
Siting Regional Environmental Facilities (E. Whitlatch).
Effluent Charges and Transferable Discharge Permits (E. Brill).
Applications of Optimization Techniques to Structural Design (T. Jacobs).
Index.