Model Category | Model Type | Purpose | Application | Literature |
Mathematical Programming | Linear Programming | To optimize water resource use in irrigation projects | Senator Nilo Coelho Project in Brazil | [3] |
For economic water quality management | Heavily Polluted Gyungan River in South Korea | [4] | ||
For optimal water pollution management | Lake Qionghai Watershed in China | [5] | ||
Integer Programming | For ground-water remediation | Wells | [6] | |
Nonlinear Programming | For stream water quality management | Changsha section of Xiangjiang River | [7] | |
For water quality management | Unspecified | [8] | ||
For synthesis and optimisation of water treatment processes | Seawater Desalination and Surface Water Treatment | [9] | ||
Dynamic Programming | For water quality management | Estuary of Delaware River in the USA | [10] | |
Stochastic Programming | For water quality management | Chemical Industry in Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China | [11] | |
Robust Programming | For agricultural water quality management | Unspecified | [12] | |
Multi-objective Programming | For water quality management | Gaza Strip | [13] | |
For optimisation of water quality, pumps operation and storage sizing of water distribution systems | Unspecified | [14] | ||
Meta-Heuristic Programming | Artificial Neural Networks | To optimise a water distribution system design problem | Unspecified | [15] |
For prediction of water quality parameters | Johor River Basin in Malaysia | [16] | ||
Genetic Algorithms | To minimise the risk of low water quality along a river | Tunga-Bhadra River System in Southern India | [17] | |
For water quality management of river system | Tunga-Bhadra River System in India | [18] | ||
For water quality management in reservoir-river systems | Ghomrud Reservoir–River System in Iran | [19] | ||
For water quality management of a river system | Tunga-Bhadra River System in India | [20] | ||
For assisting water pollution control | Regional Wetland | [21] | ||
For water quality management | Youngsan River in Korea | [22] | ||
Simulated Annealing | For optimisation of ground water management | Groundwater Resource | [23] |