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]