Design and Operation of Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems / Edition 1

by Charles ReVelle

Overview

Within civil and environmental engineering, researchers are making increased use of the tools of operations research in solving problems. These tools include optimization, simulation, game theory, and other mathematical techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900471128167
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/14/1997
Pages:	768
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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.