Design and Operation of Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems

ISBN-13: 9780471128168 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 768 str.

Revelle;McGarity; Charles S. Revelle

Opis

Within civil and environmental engineering, researchers are making increased use of the tools of operations research (OR) in solving problems. These tools include optimization, simulation, game theory, and other mathematical techniques. The setting to which these tools apply encompass the entire range of problems that civil and environmental engineers encounter, including problems of both operation and design.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.

Blurb

Timely, authoritative coverage of sophisticated operations–research applications

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 applications across the spectrum of environmental and civil engineering specialties, addressing problems encountered in both operation and design. Topics covered include:
∗ Water resources and surface water systems
∗ Water and air quality management
∗ Groundwater systems
∗ Solid and hazardous waste management
∗ Urban and public transportation
∗ Airline operations research
∗ Environmental planning for electrical utilities
∗ Multiobjective methods
∗ Cost allocations in water resources
∗ Siting regional environmental facilities
∗ Effluent charges and transferable discharge permits
∗ Applying optimization techniques to structural design

Supplemented with hundreds of helpful charts, tables, and illustrations, Design and Operation of Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems is an important resource for civil and environmental engineers and engineering consultants and an accessible textbook for advanced courses in these disciplines.